New research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany (2-6 October) and published in the journal Diabetes Therapy suggests that the diagnosis threshold for type 2 diabetes (T2D) should be lowered in women aged under 50 years, since natural blood loss through menstruation could be affecting their blood sugar management.
Observational data suggest that menstruation can alter A1c readings and that the cut-off value for diagnosis of type 2 diabetes might be too high in women under 50 years.
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