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Glycated haemoglobin and fasting plasma glucose tests in the screening of outpatients for diabetes and abnormal glucose regulation in Uganda: A diagnostic accuracy study.

Francis Xavier KasujjaRoy William MayegaMeena DaivadanamElizabeth Ekirapa KirachoRonald KusoloFred Nuwaha
Published in: PloS one (2022)
HBA1C is a viable alternative diabetes screening and confirmatory test to the FPG test; however, the utility of both tests in screening for prediabetes in this outpatient population is limited.
Keyphrases
  • type diabetes
  • blood glucose
  • cardiovascular disease
  • glycemic control
  • insulin resistance
  • metabolic syndrome
  • adipose tissue