Research Article

Postload Glycated Albumin as an Alternate Measure for Diabetes Screening in a Chinese Population

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.

VariableTotal ()Non-DM ()DM () value

n (men/women)323/368141/215182/153<0.001
Age (years)50.5 ± 13.346.7 ± 14.053.6 ± 11.7<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)24.7 ± 3.324.2 ± 3.325.3 ± 3.2<0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)130.1 ± 17.9127.1 ± 17.3135.3 ± 17.6<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)79.4 ± 10.877.0 ± 10.582.0 ± 10.6<0.001
HbA1c (%)6.1 ± 0.95.6 ± 0.46.7 ± 1.0<0.001
HbA1c (mmol/mol)43 ± 1038 ± 549 ± 11<0.001
PG0 (mmol/L)6.6 ± 1.55.7 ± 0.67.7 ± 1.5<0.001
PG30 (mmol/L)11.2 ± 2.69.7 ± 1.712.8 ± 2.3<0.001
PG60 (mmol/L)12.9 ± 4.110.1 ± 2.715.9 ± 3.0<0.001
PG120 (mmol/L)11.0 ± 4.87.4 ± 1.814.9 ± 3.9<0.001
PG180 (mmol/L)7.5 ± 3.85.2 ± 1.69.9 ± 3.9<0.001
GA0 (%)16.2 ± 3.114.6 ± 1.917.8 ± 3.3<0.001
GA30 (%)16.3 ± 3.214.7 ± 2.018.0 ± 3.3<0.001
GA60 (%)16.3 ± 3.214.7 ± 1.918.1 ± 3.3<0.001
GA120 (%)16.3 ± 3.214.6 ± 1.818.1 ± 3.4<0.001
GA180 (%)16.1 ± 3.114.4 ± 1.817.8 ± 3.3<0.001

Data are presented as . BMI: body mass index; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin A1c; PG0: fasting plasma glucose; PG30: 30 min postload plasma glucose; PG60: 60 min postload plasma glucose; PG120: 120 min postload plasma glucose; PG180: 180 min postload plasma glucose; GA0: fasting glycated albumin; GA30: 30 min glycated albumin; GA60: 60 min glycated albumin; GA120: 120 min glycated albumin; GA180: 180 min glycated albumin.