Spuriously high prevalence of prediabetes diagnosed by HbA 1c in young Indians partly explained by hematological factors and iron deficiency anemia

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 797-802

  Hardikar, Pallavi S ^a   Joshi, Suyog M ^a   Bhat, Dattatray S ^a   Raut, Deepa A ^a   Katre, Prachi A ^b   Lubree, Himangi G ^a   Jere, Abhay ^b   Pandit, Anand N ^a   Fall, Caroline H D ^c   Yajnik, Chittaranjan S ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b PERSISTENT SYSTEMS LTD   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862068047     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-1321     Document Type: Article

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