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ArticleDiabetes care2017

HbA1c and the Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adults.

Pavithra Vijayakumar, Robert G Nelson, Robert L Hanson, William C Knowler, Madhumita Sinha

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Article in Diabetes care, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pavithra VijayakumarDiabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, AZ.
Robert G NelsonDiabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, AZ.
Robert L HansonDiabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, AZ.
William C KnowlerDiabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, AZ.
Madhumita SinhaDiabetes Epidemiology and Clinical Research Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, AZ madhumita.sinha@nih.gov.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Gila River Indian CommunityZIADK069000 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI KNOWLER, WILLIAM C · 2009 to 2021
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveLong-term data validating glycated hemoglobin (HbA RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsIncident diabetes (FPG ≥126 mg/dL [7.0 mmol/L], 2hPG ≥200 mg/dL [11.1 mmol/L], HbA

resultsDuring long-term follow-up of children and adolescents who did not initially have diabetes, the incidence rate of subsequent diabetes was fourfold (in boys) as high and more than sevenfold (in girls) as high in those with HbA

conclusionsHbA

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Indians, North AmericanAdolescentAdultBlood GlucoseChildDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FastingFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGlycated HemoglobinHumansIncidenceLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPrediabetic StateBlood GlucoseGlycated Hemoglobinhemoglobin A1c protein, human

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PMID27810987
PMCPMC5180461
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