HbA(1c) versus oral glucose tolerance test as a method to diagnose diabetes mellitus in vascular surgery patients

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) is based on either fasting plasma glucose levels or an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Recently, an HbA(1c) value of ≥ 48 mmol/mol (6.5%) has been included as an additional test to diagnose DM. The purpose of this study was to validate HbA(1c)...

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Autores principales: Hjellestad, Iren D, Astor, Marianne C, Nilsen, Roy M, Søfteland, Eirik, Jonung, Torbjørn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-79

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