Glucose-independent ethnic differences in HbA1c in people without known diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1534-1540

  Hare, Matthew J L ^a,b   Magliano, Dianna J ^a,b   Zimmet, Paul Z ^a   Söderberg, Stefan ^a,c   Joonas, Noorjehan ^d   Pauvaday, Vassen ^d   Larhubarbe, José ^d   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^e,f,g   Kowlessur, Sudhir ^d   Alberti, K George M M ^h   Shaw, Jonathan E ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Ministry of Health and Quality of Life   (Mauritius)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^h ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITIUS; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84878256913     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-1210     Document Type: Article

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