| Title |
Use of HbA1c in Screening for Cuban-Americans with Undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, June 2010
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10903-010-9363-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Fatma G. Huffman, Joel C. Exebio, Gustavo G. Zarini, Cristobal Exebio |
| Abstract |
This study evaluated the use of HbA(1c) as a screening tool for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes (fasting plasma glucose ≥7.0 mmol/l) in a sample of Cuban-Americans aged ≥ 30 years old. Subjects were randomly recruited from Miami-Dade and Broward counties, FL. Fasting plasma glucose was measured by hexokinase enzymatic method. HbA(1c) was measured by the DCA2000 + system using the monoclonal antibody method. HbA(1c) demonstrated a high predictive value in detecting undiagnosed diabetes. The area under the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve was 0.87. Also, HbA(1c) had high sensitivity and specificity when using a cut off value of 6.37 (71 and 86%, respectively). Moderate sensitivity and very high specificity were shown with a cut off value of 6.84 (57 and 96%, respectively). HbA(1c) is a reliable alternative to fasting plasma glucose in screening for undiagnosed diabetes in Cuban-Americans. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 18 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 6 | 32% |
| Researcher | 4 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 4 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 37% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 16% |
| Unknown | 3 | 16% |
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