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A1c value for diabetes diagnosis in subjects with established cardiovascular disease

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This manuscript was funded by PRIN 20123BJ89E and Progetto SID 2013 to M.F.

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The protocol was approved by Policlinico Tor Vergata Ethics Committee code AMIDIAB-28/4/2008. All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008.

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    1. Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

      A. Luzi, S. Rizza, M. Cardellini, C. Pecchioli, G. Di Cola, F. Davato & M. Federici

    2. Center for Atherosclerosis, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

      A. Luzi, S. Rizza, M. Cardellini, C. Pecchioli, G. Di Cola, F. Davato & M. Federici

    3. Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

      O. Porzio

    4. Unit of Biostatistics, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

      M. Copetti

    5. Department of Biopathology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

      A. Ippoliti

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    Luzi, A., Rizza, S., Cardellini, M. et al. A1c value for diabetes diagnosis in subjects with established cardiovascular disease. Acta Diabetol 52, 999–1001 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-015-0729-9

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