Table 1.
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | HbA1c (%) | ||
Humans | |||
High healthy | 70–99 | ≤ 5.6 | |
Glucose impaired | 100–125 | 5.7–6.4 | |
Diabetic | ≥126 | ≥6.5 | |
Chimpanzees | |||
High healthy | ≤105 | ≤5.0 | |
Glucose impaired | 106–119 | 5.1–5.2 | |
Diabetic | ≥120 | ≥5.3 | |
Rhesus macaques | |||
High healthy | <80 | <4.7 | |
Glucose impaired | 81–100 | 4.7–5.0 | |
Diabetic | >100 | >5.0 |
Values for humans are from reference 2; those for chimpanzees and rhesus are from reference 19.