Twizzlers as a cost-effective and equivalent alternative to the glucola beverage in diabetes screening

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Racusin, Diana A ^a   Crawford, Nellie S ^a   Andrabi, Sara ^a   Suter, Melissa A ^a   Sangi Haghpeykar, Haleh ^a   Showalter, Lori ^a   Sharma, Susan ^a   Haymond, Morey ^a   Aagaard, Kjersti M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; SUGAR;

BEVERAGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUGAR INTAKE; TOOTH INJURY; VENOUS BLOOD;

BEVERAGES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84891860974     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-1130     Document Type: Letter

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