Table III.
Characteristics and comparison of patients whose classification of hyperglycaemic disorders based on OGTT and HbA1ccriteria were discordant (n = 43)
| HS according to OGTT but not HbA1c (n = 20) | HS according to HbA1c but not OGTT (n = 23) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous characteristics | |||||
| Hyperglycaemic disorders | N with available data | Mean ±SD | N with available data | Mean±SD | p |
| Age [years] | 20 | 13.2 ±2.6 | 23 | 14.3 ±2.4 | 0.169 |
| BMI Z-score | 20 | 2.3 ±0.4 | 23 | 2.4 ±0.4 | 0.468 |
| Waist circumference [cm] | 19 | 99.9 ±11.5 | 17 | 99.6±12.1 | 0.939 |
| Waist-height ratio | 19 | 0.6 ±0.1 | 17 | 0.6 ±0.1 | 0.665 |
| Categorical characteristics | |||||
| n (%) | n (%) | p | |||
| Gender - male | 12 (60%) | 13 (52%) | 1.0000 | 2 (1.4%) | 2 (1.4%) |
| Abdominal obesity | 20 (100%) | 20 (87%) | 0.2359 | 26 (18.8%) | 26 (18.8%) |
HS – hyperglycaemic state; OGTT – oral glucose tolerance test