Glucose-independent, black-white differences in hemoglobin A1c levels: A cross-sectional analysis of 2 studies

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 770-777

  Ziemer, David C ^a   Kolm, Paul ^b   Weintraub, William S ^b   Vaccarino, Viola ^c   Rhee, Mary K ^a   Twombly, Jennifer G ^a   Narayan, K M Venkat ^a   Koch, David D ^d   Phillips, Lawrence S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDIABETIC STATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954052840     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-12-201006150-00004     Document Type: Article

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