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ea0037ep367 | Diabetes (pathiophysiology & epitemiology) | ECE2015

Correlation between fasting plasma glucose levels and HbA1c for diagnosis of prediabetes and diabetes: the 2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Ihm Sung-Hee , Kang Jun Goo , Kim Chul Sik , Lee Seong Jin , Kim Yoon Jung , Park Ju Ri , Yu Sung Hoon , Ryu Ohk Hyun , Hong Eun Gyung , Kim Doo-Man , Yoo Jae Myung , Choi Moon Gi , Son Ho Young , Yoo Hyung Joon

Aim: HbA1c is recommended as a diagnostic criterion for diabetes in clinical practice guidelines for type 2 diabetes in 2011 (10). Although there have been several reports that compared HbA1c-based diagnosis for diabetes with glucose-based diagnosis in Koreans, it is thought that larger epidemiological studies are required to confirm the association of HbA1c and FPG for diagnosis of diabetes for the Korean population. We conducted this study to examine the relationship between...