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We prospectively enrolled a casual sample of outpatients attending 1 of 12 participating French foot clinics (Supplementary Data) between 1 April 2008 and 30 June 2010 for any type of foot ulcer after informed consent was obtained.
For the asymptomatic person, at least one additional plasma/blood glucose test result with a value in the diabetic range is essential, either fasting, from a random (casual) sample, or from the OGTT" [ 1].
Virtually every scheme for the classification and diagnosis of diabetes in modern times has relied on the measurement of plasma (or blood or serum) glucose concentrations in timed samples, such as fasting glucose; in casual samples independent of prandial status; or after a standardized metabolic stress test, such as the 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).
Metal levels were based in one casual urine sample and thus depend on urine dilution.
Urine protein levels were determined on a casual urine sample using an agglutination inhibition assay and reagent strip test (19) (Labstix; Ames, Elkhart, IN) and categorized as gross proteinuria when ≥0.3 g/L.
In normal conditions there is equilibrium between iodine intake and urinary elimination, and determination of iodine in urine (ioduria) constitutes a good indicator of iodine intake [ 4], with assessment of ioduria in a casual urine sample providing adequate information on the nutritional status of iodine [ 5].
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Casual venous blood samples were taken and blood lipids and glucose were analysed by standard kits using an autoanalyzer (Hitachi 912, Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland).
