The potential impact of using glycated haemoglobin as the preferred diagnostic tool for detecting Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 762-769

  Mostafa, S A ^a   Davies, M J ^a   Webb, D ^a   Gray, L J ^b   Srinivasan, B T ^a   Jarvis, J ^c   Khunti, K ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnostic test; glucose tolerance test; haemoglobin A 1c protein; human; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77954262690     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03015.x     Document Type: Article

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