Racial differences in performance of HbA1c for the classification of diabetes and prediabetes among US adults of non-Hispanic black and white race.

Christopher N FordR W LeetL M KiplingM K RheeS L JacksonP W F WilsonL S PhillipsLisa R Staimez

Published in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2019)

Consistently higher optimal HbA1c thresholds in black people than in white people suggest a need to individualize HbA1c relative to glucose levels if HbA1c is used to diagnose diabetes and prediabetes.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
glycemic control
african american
machine learning
deep learning
blood glucose
blood pressure
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
weight loss