Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in rural Tehri Garhwal, India: influence of diagnostic method.

Pam AndersonNathan GrillsRajesh SinghRajkumari SinghRoger G EvansParamita SenguptaAmanda G Thrift

Published in: BMC public health (2019)

HbA1c and FBG/PBG have similar diagnostic performance for diabetes in this population. However, many individuals were diagnosed with pre-diabetes by HbA1c but not FBG/PBG. The relative excess diagnosis of pre-diabetes with HbA1c does not appear to be explained by anemia, an endemic condition in India. The prognostic significance of diagnosis of pre-diabetes by HbA1c but not FBG/PBG remains unknown, but merits investigation.

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