Aya Umeno, Hidenori Nagai, Yoshihisa Hagihara and Yasukazu Yoshida
Despite medical examinations, the number of cases of undiagnosed diabetes has reached 17.9 million. Hence, there is a strong need for diagnostic criteria that uses proper biomarkers at annual health examinations, even in developing countries. Recently, we developed a second-generation prototype of a multimarker analysis system that facilitates a rapid assay of a single, small-volume sample for numerous biomarkers. Clinicians may be able to manage and/or advise subjects regarding their food and exercise habits before the onset of diabetes by evaluating their biomarker levels using this system. We have begun 5 years of cohort testing to evaluate these multibiomarkers.