Racial differences in the relationship of glucose concentrations and hemoglobin A1c levels

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 95-102

  Bergenstal, Richard M ^b   Gal, Robin L ^a   Connor, Crystal G ^b   Gubitosi Klug, Rose ^b   Kruger, Davida ^b   Olson, Beth A ^b   Willi, Steven M ^b   Aleppo, Grazia ^b   Weinstock, Ruth S ^b   Wood, Jamie ^b   Rickels, Michael ^b   DiMeglio, Linda A ^b   Bethin, Kathleen E ^b   Marcovina, Santica ^b   Tassopoulos, Andreana ^b   Lee, Sooji ^b   Massaro, Elaine ^b   Bzdick, Suzan ^b   Ichihara, Brian ^b   Markmann, Eileen ^b   McGuigan, Paul ^b   Woerner, Stephanie ^b   Ecker, Michelle ^b   Beck, Roy W ^b   more..

^a JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; GLYCOSYLATED SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRUCTOSAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85025067894     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M16-2596     Document Type: Article

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