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Haemoglobin A1c as a screening tool for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in populations of Swedish and Middle-East ancestry

Hellgren, Margareta ; Hjörleifsdottir Steiner, Kristin and Bennet, Louise LU orcid (2017) In Primary Care Diabetes 11(4). p.337-343
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Aims: To explore and compare sensitivity and specificity for HbA1c ≥48. mmol/mol as a predictor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in two populations with different ethnicity and to examine the predictive value of two levels of HbA1c (≥42. mmol/mol, ≥39. mmol/mol) for prediabetes in these populations. Methods: Four cohorts were examined with an oral glucose tolerance test. (1) The MEDIM Study (n = 1991 individuals of Swedish and Iraqi ancestry); (2) The Skaraborg Project (n = 1327 individuals of Swedish ancestry); (3) The 4-D study (n = 424 individuals of Swedish, Iraqi and Turkish ancestry); (4) The Flemingsberg study (n = 212 participants of Turkish ancestry). Results: HbA1c ≥48. mmol/mol had a sensitivity for T2DM of 31% and 25%... (More)

Aims: To explore and compare sensitivity and specificity for HbA1c ≥48. mmol/mol as a predictor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in two populations with different ethnicity and to examine the predictive value of two levels of HbA1c (≥42. mmol/mol, ≥39. mmol/mol) for prediabetes in these populations. Methods: Four cohorts were examined with an oral glucose tolerance test. (1) The MEDIM Study (n = 1991 individuals of Swedish and Iraqi ancestry); (2) The Skaraborg Project (n = 1327 individuals of Swedish ancestry); (3) The 4-D study (n = 424 individuals of Swedish, Iraqi and Turkish ancestry); (4) The Flemingsberg study (n = 212 participants of Turkish ancestry). Results: HbA1c ≥48. mmol/mol had a sensitivity for T2DM of 31% and 25% respectively in individuals of Middle-East and Swedish ancestry. The positive and negative predictive value was high in both populations (70.3, 96.4 and 96.2, 97.6 respectively). Using HbA1c ≥42. mmol/mol and ≥39. mmol/mol as a predictor for prediabetes gave a sensitivity of 17% and 36% in individuals of Middle-East and 15% and 34% in individuals of Swedish ancestry. Conclusions: Even if HbA1c ≥48. mmol/mol is a valuable diagnostic tool, it is a blunt and insensitive tool for screening and would exclude most people with T2DM, independent of ancestry and age. HbA1c is an inefficient way to detect individuals with prediabetes.

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Diabetes mellitus, Diagnose, Ethnicity (no 8), HbA1c, Prediabetes, Screening
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Primary Care Diabetes
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4
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337 - 343
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Elsevier
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10.1016/j.pcd.2017.04.008
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Nationwide research collaboration in family medicine and type 2 diabetes - Swedish Primary Care Diabetes (SPACE)
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  author       = {{Hellgren, Margareta and Hjörleifsdottir Steiner, Kristin and Bennet, Louise}},
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  title        = {{Haemoglobin A1c as a screening tool for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in populations of Swedish and Middle-East ancestry}},
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