Does genetic ancestry explain higher values of glycated hemoglobin in African Americans?

Diabetes

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2434-2438

  Maruthur, Nisa M ^a,b   Kao, W H Linda ^a,b,c   Clark, Jeanne M ^a,b,c   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,b,c   Cheng, Ching Yu ^c,d,e,f   Pankow, James S ^g   Selvin, Elizabeth ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^f DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052876537     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db11-0319     Document Type: Article

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