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A1C as a Diagnostic Criteria for Diabetes in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Evidence from Peru

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, in three groups of Peruvian adults, using fasting glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: This study included adults from the PERU MIGRANT Study who had fasted ≥8 h. Fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL and...

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Autores principales: Miranda, J. Jaime, Bernabe-Ortiz, Antonio, Stanojevic, Sanja, Malaga, German, Gilman, Robert H., Smeeth, Liam
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21464957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018069