Limited Agreement between Classifications of Diabetes and Prediabetes Resulting from the OGTT, Hemoglobin A1c, and Fasting Glucose Tests in 7412 U.S. Adults

Journal of Clinical Medicine
Larry A Tucker

Abstract

This investigation was designed to determine the degree of concordance resulting from tests of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and hemoglobin A1c (A1c) compared to the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for detecting prediabetes and diabetes in undiagnosed adults. Another objective was to measure concordance within subsamples of women and men, and within three age groups. Lastly, the value of combining the FPG and A1c for detecting diabetes was compared to the OGTT. A total of 7412 randomly selected adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were included. With outcomes classified as normal, prediabetes, or diabetes, according to standard guidelines, overall test agreements were low. With an OGTT diagnosis of diabetes, concordance was only 34% for the A1c assessment and 44% for the FPG assay. Delimited to older adults, agreement between the OGTT and A1c was only 25%, and between the OGTT and FPG, concordance was only 33.5%. Given the large percentage of discordant results associated with the FPG and A1c, clinicians should be cautious about employing these tests as lone assessments. Using both the FPG and A1c helped with accurately diagnosing diabetes and normal glycemia, but not prediabetes. The OGTT...Continue Reading

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