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Inverse Association between Iron Deficiency and Glycated Hemoglobin Levels in Ghanaian Adults—the RODAM Study

BACKGROUND: Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is often used to diagnose type 2 diabetes (T2D), but studies show that iron deficiency (ID) is associated with elevated HbA1c in the absence of hyperglycemia. It is unknown whether ID prevalence varies between sub-Saharan African populations living in differen...

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Autores principales: Lyons, Julia, van der Linden, Eva L, Meeks, Karlijn, Beune, Erik, Smeeth, Liam, Bahendeka, Silver, Spranger, Joachim, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Mockenhaupt, Frank P, Danquah, Ina, Agyemang, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7330469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32433726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxaa109