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Value of screening for and treating pre-diabetes is reduced by low test accuracy and indirect evidence of impact on patient important outcomes

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  • Neri A Alvarez-Villalobos Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Department of Research Unit, University Hospital ‘Dr Jose E Gonzalez’ Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Rochester, Minnesota, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Division of Endocrinology, University Hospital ‘Dr Jose E Gonzalez’ Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Victor M Montori Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Victor M Montori, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; Montori.Victor{at}mayo.edu
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Alvarez-Villalobos NA, Rodriguez-Gutierrez R, Montori VM
Value of screening for and treating pre-diabetes is reduced by low test accuracy and indirect evidence of impact on patient important outcomes
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 2017;22:180-181.

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  • Accepted June 23, 2017
  • First published July 22, 2017.
Online issue publication 
October 25, 2017

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