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DIABETES CARE
Volume 35, Issue 5, Pages 1144-1149Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-2032
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- Italian Ministry of Health [RF-FSR-2007-631176]
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OBJECTIVE-We evaluated whether cardiometabolic risk profiles differ for subjects identified as having prediabetes by A1C, fasting glucose (FPG), or 2-h postchallenge glucose (2-PG) criteria. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-Atherosclerosis risk factors, oral glucose tolerance test, and ultrasound measurement of carotid intima media thickness (IMT) were analyzed in 780 nondiabetic individuals. RESULTS-Poor agreement existed for A1C and FPG criteria for identification of subjects with prediabetes (kappa coefficient = 0.332). No differences in cardiometabolic risk profiles were observed among the three groups of individuals with prediabetes by A1C only, FPG only, and both A1C and FPG. Poor agreement also existed for A1C and 2-PG criteria for identification of individuals with prediabetes (k coefficient = 0.299). No significant differences in cardiometabolic risk factors were observed between IGT-only and individuals with prediabetes by A1C and 2-PG. Compared with subjects with prediabetes identified by A1C only, IGT-only individuals exhibited a worse cardiometabolic risk profile, with significantly higher systolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, 2-h postchallenge insulin, triglycerides, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and carotid IMT, and lower HDL cholesterol levels and insulin sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS-These results suggest that considerable discordance between A1C, FPG, and 2-PG exists for the identification of individuals with prediabetes and that the cardiometabolic risk profile of these individuals varies by metabolic parameter, with 2-PG showing the stronger association with cardiometabolic risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis than FPG or A1C.
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