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A1C Underperforms as a Diagnostic Test in Africans Even in the Absence of Nutritional Deficiencies, Anemia and Hemoglobinopathies: Insight From the Africans in America Study

Introduction: To improve detection of undiagnosed diabetes in Africa, there is movement to replace the OGTT with A1C. The performance of A1C in the absence of hemoglobin-related micronutrient deficiencies, anemia and heterozygous hemoglobinopathies is unknown. Therefore, we determined in 441 African...

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Autores principales: Briker, Sara M., Aduwo, Jessica Y., Mugeni, Regine, Horlyck-Romanovsky, Margrethe F., DuBose, Christopher W., Mabundo, Lilian S., Hormenu, Thomas, Chung, Stephanie T., Ha, Joon, Sherman, Arthur, Sumner, Anne E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6692432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31447780
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2019.00533