Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus using HbA1c in Asians: relationship between HbA1c and retinopathy in a multiethnic Asian population.

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Published in J Clin Endocrinol Metab on November 06, 2014

Authors

Charumathi Sabanayagam1, Eric Y H Khoo, Weng Kit Lye, M Kamran Ikram, Ecosse L Lamoureux, Ching Yu Cheng, Maudrene L S Tan, Agus Salim, Jeannette Lee, Su-Chi Lim, Subramaniam Tavintharan, Ah-Chuan Thai, Derrick Heng, Stefan Ma, E Shyong Tai, Tien Y Wong

Author Affiliations

1: Singapore Eye Research Institute (C.S., M.K.I., E.L.M., C.Y.C., T.Y.W.), Singapore 169856; Office of Clinical Sciences (C.S., M.K.I., E.L.M., C.Y.C., T.Y.W.), Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore 169856; Departments of Ophthalmology (C.S., M.K.I., E.L.M., C.Y.C., T.Y.W.) and Medicine (E.Y.H.K., M.L.S.T., A.-C.T., E.S.T.), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597; Center for Quantitative Medicine (W.K.L.), Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore 169856; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (A.S., J.L.), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597; Department of Medicine (S.C.-L., S.T.), Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore 768828; and Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (D.H., S.M.), Ministry of Health, Singapore 169854.

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