HbA1c of 6.5% to diagnose diabetes mellitus - does it work for us? - the bellville South Africa study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Zemlin, Annalise E ^a   Matsha, Tandi E ^b   Hassan, Mogamat S ^b   Erasmus, Rajiv T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; BLOOD; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051622073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022558     Document Type: Article

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