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. 2023 May 2;4:1159664. doi: 10.3389/fcdhc.2023.1159664

Table 3.

Comparison of blood glucose and insulin in persons with normal HbA1c (<5.7) and prediabetics (HbA1c: 5.7-6.4).

Fasting and Stimulated Blood Glucose and Insulin HbA1c
<5.7
(n=533)
n (%)
HbA1c
5.7-6.4
(n=131)
n (%)
t value P
Mean ±SD
Fasting Blood Glucose (mg/dL) 82.0±7.7 83.4±7.7 -1.895 0.059
2 -hour Glucose (mg/dL) 94.1±17.3 99.7±22.9 -3.115 0.002
Fasting Insulin (mIU/L) 8.9±4.6 9.7±4.8 -1.794 0.073
Stimulated
Insulin at 2 hours (mIU/L)
79.6 ±61.5 82.5±63.1 -0.480 0.632
Number (%) subjects with normal and higher blood glucose and Insulin Chi sq P
Fasting Blood Glucose <100 mg/dl 525(98.5) 131(100) 1.990 0.158
≥100mg/dl 8(1.5) 0(0)
2 hour Glucose <140mg/dl 525(98.5) 125(95.4) 4.831 0.028
≥140mg/dl 8(1.5) 6(4.6)
Fasting Insulin <15 mIU/L 477(89.5) 119(90.8) 0.207 0.649
≥15mIU/L 56(10.5) 12(9.2)
Stimulated
Insulin
<80 mIU/L 323(60.6) 81(61.8) 0.067 0.796
≥80mIU/L 210(39.4) 50(38.2)