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  1. Fulltext Diabetes in Malaysia: problems and challenges
    Embong M
    Med J Malaysia, 1990 Mar;45(1):1-7.
    PMID: 2152062
  2. Fulltext MJMS : the past and future
    Embong M
    Malays J Med Sci, 2008 Oct;15(4):5-7.
    PMID: 22589631
  3. Fulltext Bromocriptine for visual field defects in prolactinomas
    Embong M, Satgunasingam N, Rejab SM, Singh H
    Med J Malaysia, 1981 Mar;36(1):29-36.
    PMID: 7321934
  4. Heavy metal contents in coastal water fishes of West Malaysia
    Babji AS, Embong MS, Woon WW
    Bull Environ Contam Toxicol, 1979 Dec;23(6):830-6.
    PMID: 519067
  5. Fulltext Haemoglobin A1c: comparing performance of two point of care devices with laboratory analyser
    Wan Mohd Zin RM, Ahmad Kamil ZI, Tuan Soh TR, Embong M, Wan Mohamud WN
    BMC Res Notes, 2013 Dec 18;6:540.
    PMID: 24344903 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-540
    BACKGROUND: Measurement of HbA1c has been widely used for long-term monitoring and management of diabetes control. There is increasing use of point-of-care (POC) devices for measuring HbA1c where quicker results would allow immediate clinical management decisions to be made. Therefore, it is important to evaluate and compare the performance of such devices to the reference laboratory method.

    FINDINGS: A total of 274 venous blood was collected from normal healthy adults during the community screening programmes. The performance of POC devices, Afinion and Quo-test were compared to central laboratory HPLC method; Adams A1c HA 8160. Both POC devices showed good correlation to HA 8160 with r = 0.94 (p < 0.001) and r = 0.95 (p < 0.001) for Afinion and Quo-test respectively. The means difference were statistically higher between POC and HA 8160 with 0.23% (95% CI 0.19-0.26, p < 0.001) and 0.29% (95% CI 0.24-0.34, p < 0.001) for Afinion and Quo-test respectively.

    CONCLUSIONS: Both POC devices could be considered in health clinics for diabetes management but not to be used for the diagnostic purposes.

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