Value of HbA1C in the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes during an epidemiological survey of diabetes in the elderly of Nanchang community

VernacularTitle:南昌社区中老年人群糖尿病流行病学调查中HbA1C对诊断2型糖尿病的价值
Author: Ping TU ; Jiang LIU ; Xun DING ; Peng DUAN ; Heping WU ; Dingbo XU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Epidemiology; HbA1c; Diabetes mellitus,type 2
From: Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2011;27(1):50-52
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: A total of1415 elderly individuals in Nanchang were included in the study and were divided into normal glucose tolerance group, impaired glucose regulation group, and diabetes mellitus group.The results showed that HbA1C was significantly correlated with fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2 h postprandial plasma glucose.When HbA1C 6.3% was applied as the cut point of diabetes, the sensitivity was 85.19% and the specifity was 99.45%.When HbA1C 6.5% was applied, the sensitivity was 75.56% and specifity was 99.61%.It seems that HbA1C 6.3% had higher specifity and sensitivity for diagnosing diabetes than HbA1C 6.5% and FPG 7.0mmol/L in studied population.