U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation
The USPSTF recommends screening for type 2 diabetes in adults with hypertension or hyperlipidemia.

Rating: "B" Recommendation.

(Note: The USPSTF updated this recommendation in 2008. The rankings included recommendations issued through 2004.)

 FACTS

• Diabetes affects a substantial number of U.S. adults: on the basis of NHANES 1999-2000, a total of 8.3% of people age 20 or older or nearly 17 million people had either diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes. This percent increased to 19.2% for people age 60 and older.¹
  
• Non-Hispanic blacks and Mexican Americans have a disproportionately high prevalence of diabetes compared with non-Hispanic whites.¹