Anthropometric measures and HbA1c to detect dysglycemia in young Asian women planning conception : the S-PRESTO cohort

• Main Authors: Chu, Anne H. Y., Aris, Izzuddin M., Ng, Sharon, Loy, See Ling, Bernard, Jonathan Y., Tint, Mya Thway, Yuan, Wen Lun, Godfrey, Keith M., Chan, Jerry Kok Yen, Shek, Lynette Pei-Chi, Chong, Yap Seng, Tan, Kok Hian, Ang, Seng Bin, Tan, Heng Hao, Chern, Bernard S. M., Yap, Fabian, Lee, Yung Seng, Lek, Ngee, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Khoo, Chin Meng, Chan, Shiao-Yng
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Diagnostic Markers; Endocrine System and Metabolic Diseases
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146119
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We investigated whether adding anthropometric measures to HbA1c would have stronger discriminative ability over HbA1c alone in detecting dysglycemia (diabetes and prediabetes) among Asian women trying to conceive. Among 971 Singaporean women, multiple regression models and area under receiver-operat...