TABLE 4.

Area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) for glycated hemoglobin and fasting glucose for retinopathy^*

	Overall	No diabetes	Diabetes
Glycated hemoglobin
Any retinopathy (ETDRS ≥14)	0.688 (0.658–0.718)	0.561 (0.527–0.595)	0.794 (0.753–0.834)
Mild retinopathy (ETDRS 14–20)	0.585 (0.549–0.621)	0.543 (0.506–0.580)	0.733 (0.660–0.807)
Moderate to severe retinopathy (ETDRS ≥35)	0.875 (0.837–0.913)	0.658 (0.570–0.747)	0.799 (0.756–0.843)
Fasting glucose
Any retinopathy (ETDRS ≥14)	0.690 (0.660–0.720)	0.565 (0.531–0.600)	0.770 (0.728–0.812)
Mild retinopathy (ETDRS 14–20)	0.598 (0.561–0.633)	0.554 (0.517–0.592)	0.738 (0.670–0.806)
Moderate to severe retinopathy (ETDRS ≥35)	0.857 (0.816–0.897)	0.622 (0.534–0.711)	0.766 (0.717–0.815)

Data are AUC (95% CI).

*Retinopathy was assessed at visit 3 in 1993–1995 (∼3 years after baseline).