Inaccuracy in my blog on diabetes screening??
I just received a comment from the USPSTF (see below) suggesting that there was an inaccuracy in how their diabetes screening recommendation was presented in my recent blog http://gmodestmedblogs.blogspot.com/2016/07/uspstf-diabetes-screening-misses-most.html . This blog reviewed a PLoS article which found that a majority of patients with dysglycemia (glucose intolerance or diabetes) would be missed if we followed the USPSTF recommendations. The gist of the USPSTF concern was that the original PLoS article and I only included their formal recommendation summary, which indeed was included accurately (ie, " The USPSTF recommends screening for abnormal blood glucose as part of cardiovascular risk assessment in adults aged 40 to 70 years who are overweight or obese", and was given a grade "B" recommendation ), but not the full content of their recommendation as outlined in their text. In general, whe...