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Plasma glucose in screening for diabetes and pre-diabetes: how much is too much? Analysis of fasting plasma glucose and oral glucose tolerance test in Sri Lankans

BACKGROUND: Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) is the most commonly used screening tool for diabetes in Sri Lanka. Cut-off values from American Diabetes Association recommendations are adopted in the absence of local data. We aimed to establish FPG cut offs for Sri Lankans to screen for diabetes and pre-d...

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Autores principales: Katulanda, G. W., Katulanda, P., Dematapitiya, C., Dissanayake, H. A., Wijeratne, S., Sheriff, M. H. R., Matthews, D. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6341544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30670002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-019-0343-x