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

Table 5

AUC for HbA1c and FPG in predicting MetS and its components.

Variable	HbA1c	FPG
MetS	0.62(0.54-0.69)	0.84(0.78- 0.89)
2 or more nonglycemic criteria	0.53(0.45- 0.61)	0.62(0.54- 0.69)
Abdominal obesity	0.53(0.45-0.61)	0.61(0.53- 0.69)
Elevated BP	0.54(0.46- 0.62)	0.64(0.56- 0.71)
Elevated triglyceride	0.62(0.54- 0.69)	0.66(0.58- 0.73)
Reduced HDL-c	0.58(0.50- 0.66)	0.73(0.65- 0.80)

Results are expressed as Area under Curve (confidence interval).