Screening for diabetes mellitus in patients with OSAS: A case for glycosylated haemoglobin

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 273-274

  Fitzgerald, Deirdre B ^a   Kent, Brian D ^a,b   Garvey, John F ^a,b   Russell, Audrey ^a   Nolan, Geraldine ^a   McNicholas, Walter T ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; IRELAND; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84863468377     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00177811     Document Type: Letter

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