Evaluation of performance of A1c and FPG tests for screening newly diagnosed diabetes defined by an OGTT among tuberculosis patients-A study from India

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-64

  Kumpatla, Satyavani ^a   Aravindalochanan, Vigneswari ^a   Rajan, Rajeswari ^a   Viswanathan, Vijay ^a   Kapur, Anil ^b  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^b World Diabetes Foundation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c; India; OGTT; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBURBAN AREA; TUBERCULOSIS;

FASTING PLASMA GLUCOSE; HBA(1)C; INDIA; OGTT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84885390271     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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