New Diabetes Diagnostic Threshold of Hemoglobin A(1c) and the 3-Year Incidence of Retinopathy

The new diagnostic threshold of hemoglobin A(1c) was made based on evidence from cross-sectional studies, and no longitudinal study supports its validity. To examine whether hemoglobin A(1c) of 6.5% or higher defines a threshold for elevated risk of incident retinopathy, we analyzed longitudinal dat...

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Main Authors: Tsugawa, Yusuke, Takahashi, Osamu, Meigs, James B., Davis, Roger B., Imamura, Fumiaki, Fukui, Tsuguya, Taylor, William C., Wee, Christina C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Diabetes Association 2012
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Complications
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3501847/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22891221
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db12-0103
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