Research Article

Glycated Hemoglobin Levels in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis

Table 1

The characteristics of the groups based on difference between the calculated and measured hemoglobin A1c.

Group 1 ()Group 2 ()Group 3 ()

Age
Gender (M/F)70/3646/2418/6
BMI
Etiology of Liver disease (%)
 HCV%/NASH%/alcohol%40/21/2040/20/1450/17/17
DM26%31%50%
Hemoglobin (gm/dL)
Hemoglobin < 10
Hematocrit
S. creatinine (mg/dL)
Albumin (gm/dL)
Platelets
HBA1c (measured)
Calculated HBA1c#

Group 1: the difference between calculated and measured A1c < 1.0, group 2: the difference between calculated and measured A1c 0.5–1.0, group 3: the difference between calculated and measured A1c > 1.5.
Indicate a value < 0.05.