Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is the most common and widely prevalent type of diabetes that accounts for about 90% of the cases reported globally. The disease is usually characterized by hyperglycemia and varying levels of resistance to insulin action and insulin deficiency. The hyperglycemic environment during T2DM often leads to various microvascular and macrovascular complications. However, the majority of the patients remains asymptomatic and are detected with hyperglycemia only during routine laboratory examination.
Therefore, the diagnosis of the disease at an earlier stage through proper screening holds great importance in reducing the global disease burden. T2DM was previously known as ‘adult-onset diabetes’ as it was more prevalent among the adult population, but in recent times the incidence is pronounced in children and adolescents as well. Various factors are known to…
