Comparative Abilities of Fasting Plasma Glucose and Haemoglobin A1c in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome among Apparently Healthy Normoglycemic Ghanaian Adults

Table 1

Biochemical parameters of studied population stratified by MetS.

Variables	Total	No MetS	MetS	P value
	(n=160)	(n=132)	(n=28)
Age (years)	42.8±14.5	41.6±14.6	48.2±12.9	0.030
HbA1c (%)	4.8±1.2	4.8±1.2	5.2±1.3	0.080
FPG (mmol/L)	5.0±0.9	4.8±0.9	5.8±0.7	<0.001

HbA1c: Haemoglobin A1c and FPG: Fasting Blood Glucose. Data are presented as mean ± SD and compared using T-test.