Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and fasting plasma glucose relationships in sea-level and high-altitude settings

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 804-812

  Bazo Alvarez, J C ^a   Quispe, R ^a   Pillay, T D ^a,b   Bernabe Ortiz A ^a   Smeeth, L ^a,c   Checkley, W ^a,d   Gilman, R H ^a,e,f   Malaga G ^a,g   Miranda, J J ^a,g  

^a CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERUVIAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEA LEVEL; AGED; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PERU;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN A; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU;

EID: 85019252258     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.13335     Document Type: Article

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