ACP Journal Club. Elevated HbA1c levels (5.7% to 6.4%) had low accuracy for diagnosing prediabetes

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Yogish C Kudva et al. Ann Intern Med. 2011.

. 2011 Mar 15;154(6):JC3-11.

doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-6-201103150-02011.

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Impact of A1C screening criterion on the diagnosis of pre-diabetes among U.S. adults.
Mann DM, Carson AP, Shimbo D, Fonseca V, Fox CS, Muntner P. Mann DM, et al. Diabetes Care. 2010 Oct;33(10):2190-5. doi: 10.2337/dc10-0752. Epub 2010 Jul 13. Diabetes Care. 2010. PMID: 20628087 Free PMC article.

ACP Journal Club. HbA1c levels had low sensitivity but high specificity for screening for diabetes.
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ACP Journal Club. HbA1c levels < or = 5.5% ruled out, and levels > or = 7.0% ruled in, type 2 diabetes in clinical and community populations.
Reeves L. Reeves L. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Aug 17;153(4):JC2-11. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-4-201008170-02011. Ann Intern Med. 2010. PMID: 20713778 No abstract available.
ACP Journal Club. Protocol-based nurse management of type 2 diabetes did not differ from usual GP care for HbA1c levels.
Kenealy T. Kenealy T. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Sep 20;155(6):JC3-7. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-6-201109200-02007. Ann Intern Med. 2011. PMID: 21930844 No abstract available.
ACP Journal Club. The optimal HbA1c cutpoint to screen for diabetes in the emergency department was 6.0%.
Lang ES. Lang ES. Ann Intern Med. 2012 Feb 21;156(4):JC2-11. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-4-201202210-02011. Ann Intern Med. 2012. PMID: 22351737 No abstract available.