Optimal HbA1c cutoff for detecting diabetic retinopathy

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 837-842

  Cho, Nam H ^a   Kim, Tae Hyuk ^b   Woo, Se Joon ^c   Park, Kyu Hyung ^c   Lim, Soo ^b,c   Cho, Young Min ^b   Park, Kyong Soo ^b   Jang, Hak C ^b,c   Choi, Sung Hee ^b,c  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; HbA1c; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RETINOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84890570923     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: 14325233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-013-0452-3     Document Type: Article

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