(Source: The Seattle Times, 25 February 2011)
A commonly used blood glucose test may not be the best way to diagnose diabetes in children, according to a new University of Michigan study released Wednesday. Guidelines from the American Diabetes Association published last year recommend the hemoglobin A1c test, which measures longer-lasting blood-sugar levels in the blood, to diagnose diabetes in children and adults. The test is convenient because it does not require overnight fasting.
But University of Michigan researchers analyzing A1c test results of 1,156 overweight children, adolescents and teens found that the test was not always reliable and missed finding the condition in some children, said Dr. Joyce Lee, a pediatric endocrinologist at the university's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. Read more
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