Implications of iron deficiency/anemia on the classification of diabetes using HbA1c

Nutrition and Diabetes

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Attard, S M ^a   Herring, A H ^b,c   Wang, H ^d   Howard, A G ^b,c   Thompson, A L ^b,e   Adair, L S ^a,b   Mayer Davis, E J ^a,f   Gordon Larsen, P ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84987776123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20444052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nutd.2015.16     Document Type: Article

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