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Hemoglobin A1c Has Suboptimal Performance to Diagnose and Monitor Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Cirrhosis

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Published in 2018 at "Digestive Diseases and Sciences"

DOI: 10.1007/s10620-018-5265-3

Abstract: BackgroundGlycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is routinely used to diagnose and monitor type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in cirrhotic patients. Remarkably, HbA1c may be falsely low in such patients.AimsWe assessed the diagnostic and monitoring yield of… read more here.

Keywords: cirr; hemoglobin a1c; patients cirrhosis; diabetes mellitus ... See more keywords