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Menstruation Linked to Underdiagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes?

Becky McCall HAMBURG, Germany — Use of A1c levels for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in women younger than 50 years may lead to underdiagnosis, owing to the effects of menstrual blood loss on A1c readings, shows the first study of its kind. The analysis estimates that an additional 17% of undiagnosed women younger...