Use of glycated albumin for the identification of diabetes in subjects from northeast China

Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

Characteristics	NGT	Pre-diabetes	Newly diagnosed diabetes
Sample number	743	816	376
Age (yr)	28.11 ± 5.44	37.15 ± 12.81	47.63 ± 13.44
Height (cm)	162.04 ± 4.42	162.90 ± 6.85	164.15 ± 8.54
Weight (kg)	51.96 ± 5.53	61.17 ± 10.70	68.82 ± 12.32
BMI (kg/m2)	19.83 ± 2.39	23.07 ± 3.92	25.51 ± 3.99
SBP (mmHg)	109.68 ± 10.05	121.13 ± 17.15	132.24 ± 19.09
DBP (mmHg)	70.82 ± 7.30	77.53 ± 12.55	84.02 ± 13.14
TC (mmol/L)	3.65 ± 0.69	4.58 ± 0.91	5.25 ± 0.97
TG (mmol/L)	1.03 ± 0.44	1.65 ± 0.74	2.33 ± 0.99
GA (%)	12.36 ± 0.81	13.69 ± 1.45	18.35 ± 5.00
HbA1c (%)	5.22 ± 0.20	5.77 ± 0.49	7.31 ± 1.49
GLU 0 (mmol/L)	4.85 ± 0.44	5.77 ± 0.63	8.48 ± 2.30
GLU 30 (mmol/L)	7.76 ± 1.35	9.71 ± 1.65	13.50 ± 3.01
GLU 60 (mmol/L)	7.27 ± 1.65	10.71 ± 2.43	16.62 ± 3.80
GLU 120 (mmol/L)	6.28 ± 0.91	8.83 ± 1.37	15.34 ± 5.89

BMI: Body mass index; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; GA: Glycated albumin; GLU: Glucose; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c; NGT: Normal glucose tolerance; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides.

Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients between oral glucose tolerance test and glycated albumin

	GLU 0 min (mmol/L)	GLU 30 min (mmol/L)	GLU 60 min (mmol/L)	GLU 120 min (mmol/L)	GA (%)	HbA1c (%)
GLU 0 min(mmol/L)	1
GLU 30 min(mmol/L)	0.840	1
Pearson correlation	P < 0.001
GLU 60 min(mmol/L)	0.835	0.888	1
Pearson correlation	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
GLU 120 min(mmol/L)	0.824	0.764	0.854	1
Pearson correlation	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
GA (%)	0.809	0.717	0.735	0.793	1
Pearson correlation	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
HbA1c (%)	0.834	0.747	0.800	0.842	0.872	1
Pearson correlation	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001

GA: Glycated albumin; GLU: Glucose; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c.