Prevalence of diabetes in Malaysia and usefulness of HbA1c as a diagnostic criterion

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 825-828

  Wan Nazaimoon, W M ^a   Md Isa, S H ^b   Wan Mohamad, W B ^c   Khir, A S ^d   Kamaruddin, N A ^e   Kamarul, I M ^c   Mustafa, N ^e   Ismail, I S ^f   Ali, O ^g   Khalid, B A K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^d PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84879573322     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12161     Document Type: Article

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