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...
Main Authors: | Sara M. Briker, Jessica Y. Aduwo, Regine Mugeni, Margrethe F. Horlyck-Romanovsky, Christopher W. DuBose, Lilian S. Mabundo, Thomas Hormenu, Stephanie T. Chung, Joon Ha, Arthur Sherman, Anne E. Sumner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2019.00533/full |
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