Association of waist circumference with haemoglobin A1c and its optimal cutoff for identifying prediabetes and diabetes risk in the Chinese population

Zhen, JY; Liu, SY; Zhao, GR; Peng, H; Samaranayake, N; Xu, AM; Li, C; Wu, J; Cheung, BMY

Li, C; Cheung, BMY (通讯作者),Univ Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hosp, Sch Clin Med, Dept Med,Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.;Li, C; Wu, J (通讯作者),Peking Univ, Dept Neurol, Shenzhen Hosp, Shenzhen, Peoples R China.;Li, C; Cheung, BMY (通讯作者),Univ Hong Kong, State Key Lab Pharmaceut Biotechnol, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.;Cheung, BMY (通讯作者),Univ Hong Kong, Inst Cardiovasc Sci & Med, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.

INTERNAL AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE, 2022; 17 (7): 2039

Abstract

Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is a marker of glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Increased waist circumference (WC) is known to be associa......

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