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Prevalence of prediabetes according to hemoglobin A1c versus fasting plasma glucose criteria in healthy adults

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Acknowledgments

The Liechtenstein Government, the Swiss Heart Foundation, the Swiss Society of Hypertension, the University of Basel, the University Hospital Basel, the Hanela Foundation, Schiller AG and Novartis supported the GAPP study. David Conen was supported by a grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation (PP00P3_133681). Insulin was measured free of charge by Singulex, Alameda, CA 94502, USA.

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Jonas Blum, Stefanie Aeschbacher, Tobias Schoen, Matthias Bossard, Katrin Pumpol, Noé Brasier, Martin Risch, Lorenz Risch, and David Conen declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Declaration of Helsinki 1975, as revised in 2008.

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Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

    Jonas Blum, Stefanie Aeschbacher, Tobias Schoen, Matthias Bossard, Katrin Pumpol, Noé Brasier & David Conen

  2. Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 2, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

    Jonas Blum, Stefanie Aeschbacher, Tobias Schoen, Matthias Bossard, Katrin Pumpol, Noé Brasier & David Conen

  3. Cardiology Division, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

    Matthias Bossard

  4. Labormedizinisches Zentrum Dr Risch, Schaan, Liechtenstein

    Martin Risch & Lorenz Risch

  5. Division of Laboratory Medicine, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland

    Martin Risch

  6. Division of Clinical Biochemistry, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

    Lorenz Risch

  7. Private University, Triesen, Liechtenstein

    Lorenz Risch

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Blum, J., Aeschbacher, S., Schoen, T. et al. Prevalence of prediabetes according to hemoglobin A1c versus fasting plasma glucose criteria in healthy adults. Acta Diabetol 52, 631–632 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-014-0659-y

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Keywords

  • Prediabetes
  • Diagnosis
  • Hemoglobin A1c
  • Fasting plasma glucose
  • Gender