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Recommendations on screening for type 2 diabetes in adults

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
CMAJ October 16, 2012 184 (15) 1687-1696; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.120732
From the Department of Family Medicine (Pottie, Lewin), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; the Public Health Agency of Canada (Jaramillo, Dunfield), Ottawa, Ont.; the Department of Family Medicine (Dickinson), University of Calgary Medical Centre, Calgary, Alta.; the Department of Family Medicine (Bell), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition (Brauer), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont.; the Faculty of Health Sciences (Joffres), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; the Departments of Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Singh), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Division of Nephrology (Tonelli), Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
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    Age-standardized* prevalence and number of cases of diagnosed diabetes among individuals aged 1 year and older, Canada, 1998/99 to 2008/09. *Age-standardized to the 1991 Canadian population. Source: Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System, Public Health Agency of Canada, July 2011.

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    Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among individuals aged 1 year and older, by age group and sex, Canada, 2008/09. Source: Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System, Public Health Agency of Canada, July 2011.

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