title: Haemoglobin A1c is superior to fasting glucose in predicting the incidence of diabetes over 8 years among Chinese.
abstract: Baseline haemoglobin A1c had a higher standardized hazard ratio, and more optimal sensitivity and specificity than fasting glucose in predicting the 8-year incidence of diabetes among 530 non-diabetic Chinese from the population-based Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Lawrence S C
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Annette W K
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Tso
authors.forename: Sidney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: Nelson M S
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Wat
authors.forename: Bernard M Y
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Karen S L
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin