Incidence of type 2 diabetes in pre-diabetic Japanese individuals categorized by HbA1c levels: a historical cohort study.

Reported incidence of type 2 diabetes estimated at the pre-diabetic stage differs widely (2.3-18.1% per year). Because clinicians need to know the risk of incident diabetes after a diagnosis of pre-diabetes, our objective was to estimate precise incidence of diabetes using baseline HbA1c levels.A hi...

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Main Authors: Tetsuya Kawahara, Ryuichiro Imawatari, Chie Kawahara, Tetsuya Inazu, Gen Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4390315?pdf=render