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DIABETES CARE
Volume 39, Issue 2, Pages 271-277Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/dc15-1699
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- intramural program of National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
- Intramural Research Program of the NIH Clinical Center
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OBJECTIVE Slowing the diabetes epidemic in Africa requires improved detection of prediabetes. A1C, a form of glycated hemoglobin A, is recommended for diagnosing prediabetes. The glycated proteins, fructosamine and glycated albumin (GA), are hemoglobin-independent alternatives to A1C, but their efficacy in Africans is unknown. Our goals were to determine the ability of A1C, fructosamine, and GA to detect prediabetes in U.S.-based Africans and the value of combining A1C with either fructosamine or GA. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) were performed in 217 self-identified healthy African immigrants (69% male, age 39 +/- 10 years [mean +/- SD], BMI 27.6 +/- 4.5 kg/m(2)). A1C, fructosamine, and GA were measured. Prediabetes was diagnosed by American Diabetes Association criteria for glucose obtained from a 2-h OGTT. The thresholds to diagnose prediabetes by A1C, fructosamine, and GA were the cutoff at the upper tertile for each variable: >= 5.7% (39 mmol/mol) (range 4.2-6.6% [22.4-48.6 mmol/mol]), >= 230 mu mol/L (range 161-269 mu mol/L), and >= 13.35% (range 10.20-16.07%), respectively. RESULTS Prediabetes occurred in 34% (74 of 217). The diagnostic sensitivities of A1C, fructosamine, and GA were 50%, 41%, and 42%, respectively. The P values for comparison with A1C were both > 0.3. Combining A1C with either fructosamine or GA increased sensitivities. However, the sensitivity of A1C combined with fructosamine was not better than for A1C alone (72% vs. 50%, P = 0.172). In contrast, the sensitivity of A1C combined with GA was higher than for A1C alone (78% vs. 50%, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS As individual tests, A1C, fructosamine, and GA detected <= 50% of Africans with prediabetes. However, combining A1C with GA made it possible to identify nearly 80% of Africans with prediabetes.
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