Haemoglobin A1c is not a surrogate for glucose and insulin measures for investigating the early life and childhood determinants of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes in healthy children. An analysis from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1357-1363

  Shultis, W A ^a,d   Leary, S D ^a   Ness, A R ^a   Scott, J ^b   Martin, R M ^a   Whincup, P H ^c   Smith, G Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Children; Hba1c; Insulin resistance; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; BLOOD; CHILD; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 33751237941     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2006.01990.x     Document Type: Article

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