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ArticleBMJ open2018

Glycated haemoglobin A

Sujit D Rathod, Amelia C Crampin, Crispin Musicha, Ndoliwe Kayuni, Louis Banda, Jacqueline Saul, Estelle McLean, Keith Branson, Shabbar Jaffar, Moffat J Nyirenda

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Article in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors.

Sujit D RathodDepartment of Population Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8783-7724
Amelia C CrampinDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Crispin MusichaMalawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi.
Ndoliwe KayuniMalawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi.
Louis BandaMalawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi.
Jacqueline SaulDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Estelle McLeanDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Keith BransonDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Shabbar JaffarDepartment of International Public Health at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Moffat J NyirendaDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 098610Z/12/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo examine the accuracy of glycated haemoglobin A

designA diagnostic validation study of HbA

participants3645 adults (of whom 63% were women) recruited from two demographic surveillance study sites in urban and rural Malawi. This analysis excluded those who had a previous diagnosis of diabetes or had history of taking diabetes medication.

resultsHbA

conclusionsThe findings from this study provide justification to use HbA

Indexed as

FastingAdultArea Under CurveBiomarkersBlood GlucoseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diagnostic Tests, RoutineFalse Positive ReactionsFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansMalawiMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsROC CurveBiomarkersBlood GlucoseGlycated HemoglobinHba1cMalawireceiver operating characteristictype 2 diabetesvalidity

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PMID29730628
PMCPMC5942411

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