No ethnic differences in the association of glycated hemoglobin with retinopathy

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 569-573

  Bower, Julie K ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,b   Selvin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874441837     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-0404     Document Type: Article

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