Cardiometabolic risk profile of participants with prediabetes diagnosed by HbA_1c criteria in an urban Hong Kong Chinese population over 40 years of age

Abstract

The measurement of HbA1c in our population, in addition to the OGTT, results in the detection of a large number of participants with prediabetes having raised HbA1c but normal glycaemia who have a cardiometabolic risk profile intermediate between impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired glucose tolerance and normal participants, and would benefit from early lifestyle intervention.