Haemoglobin A1c is superior to fasting glucose in predicting the incidence of diabetes over 8 years among Chinese

Baseline haemoglobin A1c had a higher standardized hazard ratio, and more optimal sensitivity and specificity than fasting glucose in predicting the 8-year incidence of diabetes among 530 non-diabetic Chinese from the population-based Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.