Hiroshi Watanabe
Japan
Research Article
Metabolic Syndrome is a Poor Predictor of Incident Diabetes Compared with Hemoglobin A1c (Hba1c) in a General Japanese Population
Author(s): Masanori Kaneko, Hiromi Suzuki, Hiroshi Watanabe, Eiji Oda and Yoshifusa AizawaMasanori Kaneko, Hiromi Suzuki, Hiroshi Watanabe, Eiji Oda and Yoshifusa Aizawa
Aims:To evaluated the usefulness of metabolic syndrome (MetS) as a predictor of incident diabetes comparing with other predictors of diabetes including hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).
Materials and Methods: It is a retrospective five-year follow-up study from annual health examination data in a community including 1,997 Japanese subjects without diabetes at baseline. Logistic regressions using incident diabetes as a dependent variable were calculated for each predictor adjusted for age, sex and drinking status. Area under receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs) and population attributable risk fractions (PAFs) of incident diabetes were calculated for each predictor.
Results:The odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of incident diabetes for MetS, fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ≥ 5.6 mmol/L a.. View More»
