Are there clinical implications of racial differences in HbA1c? Yes, to not consider can do great harm!

Diabetes Care

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1458-1461

  Herman, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84980370567     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc15-2686     Document Type: Article

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