Evaluation of Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) for Diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes among Palestinian Arab Population
| dc.contributor.author | Kharroubi, Akram T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Darwish, Hisham M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abu Al-Halaweh, Ahmad I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Khammash, Umaiyeh M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-26T08:41:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-26T08:41:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-02-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study is to compare the potential of HbA1c to diagnose diabetes among Palestinian Arabs compared to fasting plasma glucose (FPG). A cross-sectional sample of 1370 Palestinian men (468) and women (902) without known diabetes and above the age of 30 years were recruited. Whole blood was used to estimate HbA1c and plasma for FPG and total lipid profile. Fasting plasma glucose was used as a reference to diagnose diabetes ($ 126 mg/dL) and prediabetes (100–125 mg/dL). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for HbA1c was 81.9% to diagnose diabetes and 63.9% for prediabetes. The agreement between HbA1c and diabetes as diagnosed by FPG was moderate (K = 0.498) and low with prediabetes (K = 0.142). The optimal cut-off value for HbA1c to diagnose diabetes was $ 6.3% (45 mmol/mol). The sensitivity, specificity and the discriminant ability were 65.6% (53.1–76.3%), 94.5% (93.1–95.6%), 80.0% (72.8–87.3%), respectively. However, using cut-off value of $ 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) improved specificity. At this cut-off value, the sensitivity, specificity and the discriminant ability were 57.4% (44.9–69.0%), 97.1% (96.0–97.9%) and 77.3% (71.0–83.5%). For diagnosing prediabetes with HbA1c between 5.7–6.4% (39–46 mmol/mol), the sensitivity, specificity and the discriminant ability were 62.7% (57.1–67.9%), 56.3% (53.1–59.4%) and 59.5% (56.3–62.5%), respectively. HbA1c at cut-off value of $ 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) by itself diagnosed 5.3% and 48.3% as having diabetes and prediabetes compared to 4.5% and 24.2% using FPG, respectively. Mean HbA1c and FPG increase significantly with increasing body mass index. In conclusion, the ROC curves showed HbA1c could be used for diagnosing diabetes when compared to FPG but not for prediabetes in Palestinians Arabs even though only about 50% of the diabetic subjects were identified by the both HbA1c and FPG. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This project was partially supported by United Nation Relief and Working Agency (UNRWA. No additional external funding received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors thank Fida Zeidan from UNRWA for organizing the teams at different UNRWA clinics. Also, the authors thank the staff of UNRWA clinics for their cooperation in the study. Thanks to Dr. Khaldoun Bader from Al-Quds University for his assistance in statistical analysis.Guarantor: Akram T. Kharroubi. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kharroubi AT, Darwish HM, Abu Al-Halaweh AI, Khammash UM (2014) Evaluation of Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) for Diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes among Palestinian Arab Population. PLoS ONE 9(2): e88123. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088123 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.alquds.edu/handle/20.500.12213/777 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_US |
| dc.title | Evaluation of Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) for Diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes among Palestinian Arab Population | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |