title: [Limitations of the diagnostic criteria for type 2 diabetes and glucose intolerance].
abstract: Conflicting results have been published during the past three decades regarding the cut points for the diagnosis of diabetes and glucose intolerance. Two major consensus changed the diagnostic values; the last revision occurred in 1997. After the publication of the new criteria, the controversy grew. New evidence was published demonstrating that the new cut points were inappropriate. The purpose of this review paper is to summarize the currently available information useful to evaluate the sensibility and specificity of the diagnostic criteria and to discuss the difficulties to define properly the cut-points for the diagnosis of diabetes and glucose intolerance.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Endocrinología y Metabolismo.Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición, México D.F. caas@aztlan.innsz.mx.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Aguilar Salinas
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gómez Pérez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rull
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011236:Prediabetic State / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D015995:Prevalence; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose