Open AccessHemoglobin A1c Measurements over Nearly Two Decades: Sustaining Comparable Values throughout the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study
Author(s) -
Michael W. Steffes
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2004.042143
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , epidemiology , type 1 diabetes , psychological intervention , hemoglobin a , endocrinology , psychiatry
Clinical trials require assays that provide consistent results during the course of a study. The hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) assay, a measure of chronic glycemia, is critical to the study of diabetes control and complications.
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