New diagnostic criteria for diabetes: is the change from glucose to HbA1c possible in all populations?

Recently, a change of the diagnostic tool for diabetes from an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has been suggested. The aim of the study was to assess whether ethnicity modified the association between glucose levels and HbA1c and to compare diabetes prevalence according...

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Published in:The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Main Authors: Jørgensen, Marit Eika, Bjerregaard, Peter, Borch-Johnsen, Knut, Witte, Daniel Rinse
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Greenland
inuit
Online Access:https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/new-diagnostic-criteria-for-diabetes-is-the-change-from-glucose-to-hba1c-possible-in-all-populations(0835a887-904f-49be-a079-6b68b4d5fd69).html
https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2010-0710
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Summary:Recently, a change of the diagnostic tool for diabetes from an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has been suggested. The aim of the study was to assess whether ethnicity modified the association between glucose levels and HbA1c and to compare diabetes prevalence according to diagnostic method among Greenland Inuit, Inuit migrants in Denmark, and a general Danish population.

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