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  • Title: In search of hyperglycaemia--tracing the path that leads to the new diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus.
    Author: Lim SC, Fok A, Lim HS.
    Journal: Singapore Med J; 1999 Aug; 40(8):542-5. PubMed ID: 10572498.
    Abstract:
    The Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus announced the new diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus on 23 July 1997. The most notable change in the new criteria is a reduction in the cut-off point for fasting plasma glucose to that of 7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dL). The present criteria have evolved through many years of intensive research and discussions. We intend to trace the path that leads to this latest recommendation so as to understand the evolution of the present criteria and its implications.
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