Research Article

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

Table 2

Diagnostic indices for screening diabetes with postload and baseline GA.

CriteriaSensitivity (%)Specificity (%)Positive predictive value (%)Negative predictive value (%)

67.5 (95% CI: 62.2–72.5%)83.4% (95% CI: 79.2–87.1%)79.3 (95% CI: 74.1–83.9%)73.2% (95% CI: 68.6–77.4%)
68.1 (95% CI: 62.8–73.0%)81.5% (95% CI: 77.0–85.4%)77.6 (95% CI: 72.4–82.2%)73.1% (95% CI: 68.4–77.4%)
69.3 (95% CI: 64.0–74.2%)80.6% (95% CI: 76.1–84.6%)77.1 (95% CI: 71.9–81.7%)73.6% (95% CI: 68.9–77.9%)
71.6 (95% CI: 66.5–76.4%)83.4% (95% CI: 79.2–87.1%)80.3 (95% CI: 75.3–84.6%)75.8% (95% CI: 71.2–79.9%)
69.3 (95% CI: 64.0–74.2%)86.0% (95% CI: 82.2–89.6%)82.6 (95% CI: 77.6–86.8%)74.9% (95% CI: 70.4–79.0%)

GA: glycated albumin; CI: confidence interval.