Use of glycated hemoglobin in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes and role of fasting plasma glucose, oral glucose tolerance test

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1025-1029

  Alqahtani, Naser ^a   Khan, Waseem Abdul Ghafor ^a   Alhumaidi, Mohamed Husain ^b   Ahmed, Yasar Albushra Abdul Rahiem ^c  

^a Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Fasting plasma glucose; Glycated haemoglobin; Oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FASTING PLASMA GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883850618     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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