Do I need to keep checking my blood glucose levels to detect diabetes early?

हिन्दी (Hindi) मे पढ़िये

Not all people need to check their blood glucose levels regularly. The American Diabetes Association screening recommendations are given below:

1. At 3 year intervals beginning at the age of 45 yrs
2. Overweight (BMI greater than 25)
3. Habitual physical inactivity
4. People belonging to predisposed race/ethnicity e.g. Asian Americans
5. Previously identified impaired glucose tolerance
6. Hypertension
7. HDL cholesterol less than 35 mg/dl and/or triglyceride greater than 250 mg/dl
8. History of gestational (pregnancy related) diabetes mellitus
9. Polycystic ovarian syndrome

For serial no. 2-9 testing may be done more frequently.

The recommended test for screening is fasting blood glucose.