Comparison of the current WHO and new ADA criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in three ethnic groups in the UK

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 554-557

  Unwin, N ^a,b   Alberti, K G M M ^a   Bhopal, R ^a   Harland, J ^a   Watson, W ^a   White, M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American Diabetes Association; Diabetes; Diagnostic criteria; Fasting plasma glucose; Glucose tolerance test; Impaired glucose tolerance; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FASTING; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031827170     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199807)15:7<554::AID-DIA626>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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