Association of salivary alpha-2-macroglobulin with glycemia and glycated hemoglobin in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.
Douglas Carvalho CaixetaPedro Rogério Camargos PennisiDouglas Vieira MouraMarjorie Adriane Costa NunesFoued Salmen EspindolaCauane BlumenbergLuiz Renato ParanhosRobinson Sabino SilvaPublished in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2022)
The strong association between HbA1C and salivary A2MG suggests that this salivary protein has the potential to be a surrogate for HbA1C, if corroboratory further evidence is obtained through large-scale studies.