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标题：Single, community-based blood glucose readings may be a viable alternative for community surveillance of HbA_1c and poor glycaemic control in people with known diabetes in resource-poor settings
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作者：Daniel D. Reidpath ; Nowrozy K. Jahan ; Devi Mohan 等
期刊名称：Global Health Action
印刷版ISSN：1654-9716
电子版ISSN：1654-9880
出版年度：2016
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：31691
DOI：10.3402/gha.v9.31691
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis
摘要：Abstract Background The term HbA _1c (glycated haemoglobin) is commonly used in relation to diabetes mellitus. The measure gives an indication of the average blood sugar levels over a period of weeks or months prior to testing. For most low- and middle-income countries HbA_1c measurement in community surveillance is prohibitively expensive. A question arises about the possibility of using a single blood glucose measure for estimating HbA_1c and therefore identifying poor glycaemic control in resource-poor settings. Design Using data from the 2011–2012 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, we examined the relationship between HbA_1c and a single fasting measure of blood glucose in a non-clinical population of people with known diabetes (n=333). A linear equation for estimating HbA_1c from blood glucose was developed. Appropriate blood glucose cut-off values were set for poor glycaemic control (HbA_1c≥69.4 mmol/mol). Results The HbA_1c and blood glucose measures were well correlated (r=0.7). Three blood glucose cut-off values were considered for classifying poor glycaemic control: 8.0, 8.9, and 11.4 mmol/L. A blood glucose of 11.4 had a specificity of 1, but poor sensitivity (0.37); 8.9 had high specificity (0.94) and moderate sensitivity (0.7); 8.0 was associated with good specificity (0.81) and sensitivity (0.75). Conclusions Where HbA_1c measurement is too expensive for community surveillance, a single blood glucose measure may be a reasonable alternative. Generalising the specific results from these US data to low resource settings may not be appropriate, but the general approach is worthy of further investigation.
关键词：diabetes ; blood glucose ; HbA_1c ; glycaemic control ; community surveillance ; developing countries