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. 2011 Jun 16;4:213–223. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S20649

Table 1.

Proportion of participants in the screening program with selected blood glucose impairment categories according to fasting duration

Number of hours since last meal/beverage
Unknown
Total
<4 hours
4–6 hours
≥7 hours
N % N %
N % N % N %
Data on treatment and RGB 1828 595 804 857 4087
Treated for diabetes 32 1.8 11 1.9 12 1.9 12 1.5 70 1.8
Untreated for diabetes 1796 584 792 845 4017
  RBG ≥ 5.6 960 53.5 184 31.5 270 34.1 358 42.4 1772 44.1
  RBG ≥ 7.0 233 13.0 29 5.0 29 3.7 64 7.6 355 8.8
  RBG ≥ 7.8 106 5.9 12 2.1 10 1.3 22 2.6 150 3.7
  RBG ≥ 11.0 10 0.6 2 0.3 1 0.1 3 0.4 16 0.4
Untreated for diabetes, RBG ≥ 7.0 and A1c done
  Number of participants 95 11 19 27 152
  RBG ≥ 7.0 and A1c 5.7–6.4 31 32.6 5 45.5 10 52.6 16 59.3 62 40.8
  RBG ≥ 7.0 and A1c ≥ 6.5 17 17.9 2 18.2 7 36.8 5 18.5 31 20.4

Abbreviation: RBG, random blood glucose (mmol/L).