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We appreciate Dr. Hirschler’s observation that “acanthosis nigricans is simpler and easier to screen compared with other risk factors for diabetes.” Her insight to the difficulty of obtaining valid assessments of traditional type 2 diabetes risk factors such as family history, body mass index and blood pressure within the clinical encounter is a sentiment felt by many primary care clinicians. We note with some sad irony...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Acanthosis nigricans and risk factors for type 2 diabetesShow More
Acanthosis Nigricans is a skin condition observed on the back of the neck, axillae and flexural areas in obese subjects (1). Using a cross- sectional design, this study examined 1133 young individuals, 43% of them being children. Authors were interested in analyzing whether acanthosis nigricans was associated with the risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Family history for type 2 diabetes, overweight, hypertension and minorit...
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