Glycaemia-independent ethnic differences in HbA1c in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1068-1069

  Likhari, T ^a   Gama, R ^b  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caucasians; Ethnic differences; HbA1c; Impaired glucose tolerance; South Asians

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349490959     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02803.x     Document Type: Article

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