PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alexander, Lori
ED  - Bays, Harold
TI  - The SHIELD Trial: Final Results and Epidemiological and Public Policy Implications
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 6--7
VI  - 11
IP  - 8
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/8/6.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/8/6.full
AB  - In patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), complications are often present at the time of diagnosis, suggesting that clinical onset of the disease occurred years prior to diagnosis [Koopman RJ et al. Ann Fam Med 2006]. This article discusses the prevalence of metabolic risk among individuals with defined metabolic risk factors and T2DM and shared results from the Study to Help Improve Early evaluation and management of risk factors Leading to Diabetes [SHIELD] study.