The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HbA1c Testing: Prioritization of High-Risk Cases and Impact of Social Deprivation

Holland, David; Heald, Adrian H.; Hanna, Fahmy F.W.; Stedman, Mike; Wu, Pensée; Sim, Julius; Duff, Christopher J.; Duce, Helen; Green, Lewis; Scargill, Jonathan; Howe, Jonathon D.; Robinson, Sarah; Halsall, Ian; Gaskell, Neil; Davison, Andrew; Simms, Mark; Denny, Angela; Langan, Martin; Fryer, Anthony A.

doi:10.1007/s13300-023-01380-x

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Is the Current Cut Point for Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) Correct for Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus in Premenopausal Women? Evidence to Inform Discussion (2023)
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Holland, D., Fryer, A. A., Stedman, M., Hanna, F. W. F., Duff, C. J., Green, L., …Wu, P. (2023). Is the Current Cut Point for Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) Correct for Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus in Premenopausal Women? Evidence to Inform Discussion. Diabetes Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-023-01482-6

Women are on average diagnosed with diabetes mellitus at later age than men but have higher mortality. As the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus is primarily based on HbA1c, the use of a non-specific reference range and cut point for diabetes mellitus th... Read More about Is the Current Cut Point for Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) Correct for Diagnosing Diabetes Mellitus in Premenopausal Women? Evidence to Inform Discussion.

Diabetes detection in women with gestational diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome (2023)
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Hanna, F., Wu, P., Heald, A., & Fryer, A. (2023). Diabetes detection in women with gestational diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome. BMJ, 382, Article e071675. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-071675

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) represent two of the highest risk factors for development of type 2 diabetes mellitus in young women. As these increasingly common conditions generally affect younger women, e... Read More about Diabetes detection in women with gestational diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome.

The Utility of Salivary Cortisone in the Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Adrenal Incidentalomas (2023)
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Issa, B. G., Hanna, F. W. F., Fryer, A. A., Ensah, G., Ebere, I., Marshall, D., & Keevil, B. (2023). The Utility of Salivary Cortisone in the Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Adrenal Incidentalomas. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 108(10), e937-e943. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgad242

BackgroundGuidelines recommend the assessment of cortisol secretion in patients with adrenal incidentalomas (AI) using the overnight dexamethasone suppression test (ONDST). This requires attendance to a health care facility and venepuncture. Alternat... Read More about The Utility of Salivary Cortisone in the Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Adrenal Incidentalomas.

IDF2022-0948 Health Inequality and its link to HbA1c Test Recovery in a Developed Health Economy: In a ‘Nearly Post COVID-19’ World (2023)
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Fryer, A., Holland, D., Scargill, J., Duff, C., Hanna, F., & Heald, A. (2023). IDF2022-0948 Health Inequality and its link to HbA1c Test Recovery in a Developed Health Economy: In a ‘Nearly Post COVID-19’ World. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 197(S1), 110489 - 110489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110489

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HbA1c Testing: Prioritization of High-Risk Cases and Impact of Social Deprivation (2023)
Journal Article
Holland, D., Heald, A. H., Hanna, F. F., Stedman, M., Wu, P., Sim, J., …Fryer, A. A. (2023). The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HbA1c Testing: Prioritization of High-Risk Cases and Impact of Social Deprivation. Diabetes Therapy, 14, 691-707. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-023-01380-x

INTRODUCTION: Studies show that the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected people with diabetes and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. During the first 6 months of the UK lockdown,?>?6.6 M glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) tests were missed. We... Read More about The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HbA1c Testing: Prioritization of High-Risk Cases and Impact of Social Deprivation.