Detection of Abnormal Glucose Tolerance in Africans Is Improved by Combining A1C With Fasting Glucose: The Africans in America Study

OBJECTIVE: Abnormal glucose tolerance is rising in sub-Saharan Africa. Hemoglobin A(1c) by itself and in combination with fasting plasma glucose (FPG) is used to diagnose abnormal glucose tolerance. The diagnostic ability of A1C in Africans with heterozygous variant hemoglobin, such as sickle cell t...

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Autores principales: Sumner, Anne E., Thoreson, Caroline K., O'Connor, Michelle Y., Ricks, Madia, Chung, Stephanie T., Tulloch-Reid, Marshall K., Lozier, Jay N., Sacks, David B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2015
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Health Disparities in Diabetes
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25338926
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc14-1179

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25338926
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc14-1179

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