How valid is fasting plasma glucose as a parameter of glycemic control in non-insulin-using patients with type 2 diabetes? - Concepedia

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How valid is fasting plasma glucose as a parameter of glycemic control in non-insulin-using patients with type 2 diabetes?

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1999

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Margriet Bouma, Janny H. Dekker, J J de Sonnaville, F E van der Does, H. de Vries, Didi M. W. Kriegsman, Piet J. Kostense, R.J. Heine, J T van Eijk

Abstract

FPG and HbA1c values that do not correspond are not rare in type 2 diabetic patients on diet or OHA treatment. HbA1c is difficult to predict from FPG values, and even more difficult is the prediction of HbA1c changes from FPG changes.