A1C as a Diagnostic Criteria for Diabetes in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Evidence from Peru

J. Jaime Miranda; Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz; Sanja Stanojevic; German Malaga; Robert H. Gilman; Liam Smeeth

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018069

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A1C as a Diagnostic Criteria for Diabetes in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Evidence from Peru

J. Jaime Miranda ,

* E-mail: Jaime.Miranda@upch.pe

Affiliations CRONICAS – Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz,

Affiliations CRONICAS – Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Sanja Stanojevic,

Affiliation CRONICAS – Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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German Malaga,

Affiliations CRONICAS – Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Robert H. Gilman,

Affiliations CRONICAS – Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Área de Investigación y Desarrollo, A. B. PRISMA, Lima, Peru
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Liam Smeeth

Affiliations CRONICAS – Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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A1C as a Diagnostic Criteria for Diabetes in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Evidence from Peru

J. Jaime Miranda,
Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz,
Sanja Stanojevic,
German Malaga,
Robert H. Gilman,
Liam Smeeth

Published: March 25, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018069

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