Screening South Asians for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes: (1) comparing oral glucose tolerance and haemoglobin A1c test results and (2) comparing the two sets of metabolic profiles of individuals diagnosed with these two tests

BACKGROUND: The glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level may be used for screening for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes instead of a more burdensome oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). However, among the high-risk South Asian population, little is known about the overlap of the methods or about the met...

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Autores principales: Vlaar, Everlina MA, Admiraal, Wanda M, Busschers, Wim B, Holleman, Frits, Nierkens, Vera, Middelkoop, Barend JC, Stronks, Karien, van Valkengoed, Irene GM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23442875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-13-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23442875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-13-8

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