Combined measurement of fasting plasma glucose and A1C is effective for the prediction of type 2 diabetes: the Kansai Healthcare Study.
OBJECTIVE
We prospectively assessed whether the combined measurements of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and A1C were effective for predicting type 2 diabetes.


METHODS
Study participants included 6,736 nondiabetic Japanese men aged 40-55 years. Type 2 diabetes was diagnosed in those who had an FPG >or=126 mg/dl or who were being treated with an oral antidiabetic agent or insulin. The models including FPG, A1C, and both were compared using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curves.


RESULTS
During the 4-year follow-up period, we confirmed 659 diabetes cases. In multivariate analysis, both FPG and A1C were independently associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes. The model including both FPG and A1C had a greater AUROC curve than that including FPG alone (0.853 vs. 0.818; P < 0.001) or A1C alone (0.853 vs. 0.771; P < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
The combined measurement of FPG and A1C was effective for predicting type 2 diabetes.
Sato
Kyoko Kogawa
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Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. ksato@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Hayashi
Tomoshige
T
Harita
Nobuko
N
Yoneda
Takeshi
T
Nakamura
Yoshiko
Y
Endo
Ginji
G
Kambe
Hiroshi
H
D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005215:Fasting; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin