Performance of HbA 1c as an early diagnostic indicator of type 1 diabetes in children and youth

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1821-1825

  Vehik, Kendra ^a   Rewers, Marian J ^e   Cuthbertson, David ^a   Schatz, Desmond A ^f   Boulware, David ^a   Krischer, Jeffrey P ^a   Beam, Craig A ^a   Rodriguez, Henry ^b   Legault, Laurent ^c   Hyytinen, Mila ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865471364     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-0111     Document Type: Article

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