[Methods of Early Detection of Diabetes Mellitus in Children]

The diagnostic value of a method for determination of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) and glucose in the ear wax of children under risk of diabetes mellitus comparing with the efficiency of glucose tolerance test has been studied. It has been shown that the methods of constitutional anthropometry are efficient for determining the contingents of people under risk of development of diabetes mellitus at pre-clinical phase of the disease.