The cutoffs and performance of glycated hemoglobin for diagnosing diabetes and prediabetes in a young and middle-aged population and in an elderly population. Issue 2 (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yan, Shuang-Tong; Xiao, Hai-Ying; Tian, Hui; Li, Chun-Lin; Fang, Fu-Sheng; Li, Xiao-Ying; Cheng, Xiao-Ling; Li, Nan; Miao, Xin-Yu; Yang, Yan; Wang, Liang-Chen; Zou, Xiao-Man; Ma, Fang-Ling; He, Yao; Sai, Xiao-Yong
• Is Part Of: Diabetes research and clinical practice. Volume 109:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 238
• Page End: 245
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Diabetes -- Periodicals; Diabetes Mellitus -- Periodicals; 616.462
• DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.05.047
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0168-8227

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Cutoffs of HbA1c were evaluated in two diverse population-based cohorts.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">HbA1c levels increased with age.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Age-specific HbA1c cutoffs for detecting diabetes and prediabetes were appropriate.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">The performance of HbA1c as a diagnostic tool was poor.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>