Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages e20-e23, May 2010

New diagnosis criteria for diabetes with hemoglobin A1c and risks of macro-vascular complications in an urban Japanese cohort: The Suita Study

  • Makoto Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 6 6833 5012x2186; fax: +81 6 6833 5300.
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  • Yoshihiro Kokubo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan
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  • Aya Higashiyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan
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  • Yuu Ono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan
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  • Akira Okayama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan
    • The First Institute for Health Promotion and Health Care, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tomonori Okamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565-8565, Japan

Received 15 July 2009; received in revised form 12 January 2010; accepted 18 January 2010. published online 11 February 2010.

Abstract 

The association of the new diagnosis criteria for diabetes adopting hemoglobin A1c, recently proposed by the international expert committee, with macro-vascular complications was tested in a 12-year population-based cohort. The present analysis suggested that this new criteria were applicable to macro-vascular complications in the Japanese.

Keywords: Hemoglobin A1c, Diagnosis criteria, Macro-vascular complications, Cohort study, Japanese

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PII: S0168-8227(10)00042-2

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2010.01.019

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages e20-e23, May 2010

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