Cited by 59Diabetes Management and ResearchDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsDiabetes Treatment and Management

Comparison of the Current Diagnostic Criterion of HbA1c with Fasting and 2-Hour Plasma Glucose Concentration

Open access
Karnchanasorn, Rudruidee, Huang, Jean, Ou, Horng-Yih, Feng, Wei, Chuang, Lee-Ming, Chiu, Ken C., Samoa, Raynald·2016·Journal of Diabetes Research

Abstract

To determine the effectiveness of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥ 6.5% in diagnosing diabetes compared to fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ≥ 126 mg/dL and 2-hour plasma glucose (2hPG) ≥ 200 mg/dL in a previously undiagnosed diabetic cohort, we included 5,764 adult subjects without established diabetes for whom HbA1c, FPG, 2hPG, and BMI measurements were collected. Compared to the FPG criterion, the sensitivity of HbA1c ≥ 6.5% was only 43.3% (106 subjects). Compared to the 2hPG criterion, the sensitivity of HbA1c ≥ 6.5% was only 28.1% (110 subjects). Patients who were diabetic using 2hPG criterion but had HbA1c < 6.5% were more likely to be older (64±15versus60±15years old,P=0.01, mean ± STD), female (53.2% versus 38.2%,P=0.008), leaner (29.7±6.1versus33.0±6.6 kg/m 2,P=0.000005), and less likely to be current smokers (18.1% versus 29.1%,P=0.02) as compared to those with HbA1c ≥ 6.5%. The diagnostic agreement in the clinical setting revealed the current HbA1c ≥ 6.5% is less likely to detect diabetes than those defined by FPG and 2hPG. HbA1c ≥ 6.5% detects less than 50% of diabetic patients defined by FPG and less than 30% of diabetic patients defined by 2hPG. When the diagnosis of diabetes is in doubt by HbA1c, FPG and/or 2hPG should be obtained.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1155/2016/6195494

Cites

41 of 41 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 1

  1. [9]DCCT Erratum: Lifetime benefits and costs of intensive therapy as practiced in the diabetes control and complications trial The Journal of the American Medical Association 1997 278 1 p. 25 The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 276, no. 17, pp. 1409–1415, 1996

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Karnchanasorn, R., Huang, J., Ou, H.-Y., Feng, W., Chuang, L.-M., Chiu, K. C., & Samoa, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
  • City Of Hope National Medical Center (US)
  • National Cheng Kung University Hospital (TW)
  • National Taiwan University (TW)
Corresponding author
Chiu, Ken C.
Venue
Journal of Diabetes Research
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016
Volume
2016
Pages
1-11
ISSN
  • 2314-6745 (ISSN-L)
  • 2314-6753
OpenAlex
W2516327906
Cited by
59
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 1
FWCI
3.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Diabetes Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Jie Chan Chen foundation
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
Keywords
HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test, diabetes diagnosis, diagnostic sensitivity, diagnostic criteria comparison, undiagnosed diabetes, body mass index, smoking status
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Blood Glucose, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Fasting, Female, Glucose Tolerance Test, Glycated Hemoglobin, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nutrition Surveys, Cohort Studies

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review