Increase in serum albumin concentration is associated with prediabetes development and progression to overt diabetes independently of metabolic syndrome

Ji Eun Jun; Seung-Eun Lee; You-Bin Lee; Jae Hwan Jee; Ji Cheol Bae; Sang-Man Jin; Kyu Yeon Hur; Moon-Kyu Lee; Jae Hyeon Kim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176209

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Increase in serum albumin concentration is associated with prediabetes development and progression to overt diabetes independently of metabolic syndrome

Ji Eun Jun,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Seung-Eun Lee,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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You-Bin Lee,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jae Hwan Jee,

Affiliation Department of Health Promotion Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ji Cheol Bae,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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Sang-Man Jin,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kyu Yeon Hur,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Moon-Kyu Lee,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jae Hyeon Kim

* E-mail: jaehyeon@skku.edu

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Clinical Research Design & Evaluation, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-8620

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Increase in serum albumin concentration is associated with prediabetes development and progression to overt diabetes independently of metabolic syndrome

Ji Eun Jun,
Seung-Eun Lee,
You-Bin Lee,
Jae Hwan Jee,
Ji Cheol Bae,
Sang-Man Jin,
Kyu Yeon Hur,
Moon-Kyu Lee,
Jae Hyeon Kim

Published: April 21, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176209

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