Effect of the Standardization of Diagnostic Tests on the Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Fasting Glucose.

CONCLUSION: Our study proved that standardization of clinical laboratory tests is an important factor affecting the prevalence estimation of national disease statistics based on the simulation using KNHANES data.
PMID: 29495144 [PubMed - in process]

Source: J Korean Med Sci - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lee B, Lee JS, Lee YW, Jang MA, Song J, Kim JH, Lee WG, Min WK, Lee J, Lee YK Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research