The optimal cut-points of HbA1c for detecting newly diagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes in the Chinese population living in Sichuan

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2117-2118

  Hu, Yu ^a   Zhang, Mei ^a   She, Yi ^a   Gao, Jie ^a   Yuan, Gao Pin ^a   Xiong, Zhong Yun ^a   An, Zhen Mei ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cut point; Diabetes; Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c); Pre diabetes; Screening

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

CHINESE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDIABETIC STATE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84863047815     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.728     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. American Diabetes Association, Diagnosis Criteria for Diabetes Mellitus. Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 2010;33:S62-9.
2. Gomez-Perez FJ, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Almeda-Valdes P, Cuevas-Ramos D, Lerman Garber I, Rull JA. HbA1c for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in a developing country. Arch Med Res 2010;41:302-8.
3. World Health Organization. Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications: Report of a WHO consultation. Part 1. Diagnosis and cassification of diabetes mellitus. Geneva: WHO, 1999 (WHO/NCD/NCS/99.2).
4. Bao Y, Ma X, Li H, Zhou M, Hu C, Wu H, et al. Glycated haemoglobin A1c for diagnosing diabetes in Chinese population: Cross sectional epidemiological survey. Br Med J 2010;17:c2249.
5. Zhou XH, Ji LN, Luo YY, Zhang XY, Han XY, Qiao Q. Performance of HbA1c for detecting newly diagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes in Chinese communities living in Beijing. Diabet Med 2009;26:1262-8.
6. Zhou X, Pang Z, Gao W, Wang S, Zhang L, Ning F, et al. Performance of an A1c and fasting capillary blood glucose test for screening newly diagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes defined by an oral glucose tolerance test in Qingdao, China. Diabetes Care 2010;33:545-50.