Should the Hemoglobin A1c diagnostic cutoff differ between blacks and whites?: A cross-sectional study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-159

  Tsugawa, Yusuke ^b   Mukamal, Kenneth J ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Taylor, William C ^a   Wee, Christina C ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; SEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864796820     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-3-201208070-00004     Document Type: Article

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