[Use of a method for assessing the glucose tolerance test by a generalized criterion in detecting the early stages of diabetes mellitus in the universal dispensary care of the population].

Assessment of the glucose tolerance test based on a generalized criterion permits the diagnosis of early carbohydrate metabolic derangements and an analysis of the carbohydrate metabolic state with respect to any trait of interest. The use of the generalized criterion during mass screening gives an opportunity to attribute examinees to one or another sociomedical group, to assess the results of primary preventive measures of diabetes mellitus both among healthy persons and those with risk factors, with disturbed glucose tolerance.