Hemoglobin A1c testing alone does not sufficiently identify patients with prediabetes

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 674-677

  Bersoux, Sophie ^a   Cook, Curtiss B ^a   Wu, Qing ^a   Burritt, Mary F ^a   Hernandez, James S ^a   Verona, Patricia M ^a   Larson, Marcia H ^a   Larosa, Carolyn S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin A1c; Impaired fasting glucose; Impaired glucose tolerance; Prediabetes; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79955026923     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPJBG0WYRAHN0R     Document Type: Article

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