A1c as a diagnostic criteria for diabetes in low- and middle-income settings: Evidence from PERU

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Miranda, J Jaime ^a,b,c   Bernabe Ortiz, Antonio ^a,b   Stanojevic, Sanja ^a   Malaga, German ^a,b   Gilman, Robert H ^a,d,e   Smeeth, Liam ^a,c  

^a CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERU; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; INCOME; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FASTING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU;

EID: 79953067185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018069     Document Type: Article

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