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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chem. 2012 Sep 27;58(12):1648–1655. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.188367

Table 2.

Best fit models overall and by history of diagnosed diabetes

1,5-Anhydroglucitol
Fructosamine
Glycated Albumin
Model# R2 Model R2 Model R2
Overall (N = 1719)
Best Fit
 A1c 5.3903 + 5.5048/x 0.21 247.480 − 90.745ln(x) + 8.509(ln(x))2 0.46 26.275 − 17.612ln(x) + 3.720(ln(x))2 0.54
 FG 212.182 − 66.594ln(x) + 10.153(ln(x))2 0.17 553.548 − 1.898e+05/x + 1.98e+07/x2 0.39 7.8278 + 7.3595x − 0.001262x3 0.41
Linear
 A1c 6.4828 − 0.0388x 0.10 2.0958 + 0.0157x 0.39 2.9425 + 0.2011x 0.52
 FG 128.8306 − 1.1732x 0.09 −2.3199 + 0.4678x 0.35 29.4777 + 5.5447x 0.39
History of Diabetes (N =343)*
Best Fit
 A1c 5.7696 + 8.8587/x − 5.1029/x2 0.33 250.611 − 90.873ln(x) + 8.443(ln(x))2 0.61 4.163 + 0.1287x + 3.82e+05x3 0.71
 FG 208.73 − 32.56ln(x) + 0.9807(ln(x))2 0.23 426.93 − 1.2077e+05/x + 1.14e+07/x2 0.32 130.8 − 8.837x + 0.712x2 − 0.0108x3 0.37
Linear
 A1c 7.7246 − 0.0770x 0.20 1.8763 + 0.0177x 0.56 3.1198 + 0.2032x 0.69
 FG 170.7132 − 2.5411x 0.20 14.4649 + 0.4504x 0.32 57.0838 + 4.5410x 0.30
No History of Diabetes (N = 1376)*
Best Fit
 A1c 5.5935 + 0.1047/x + 4.5559/x2 0.04 9.5088 − 0.03831x + 9.25e+5x2 0.12 14.8959 + 0.5714x − 6.5423ln(x) 0.16
 FG 101.7556 + 148.9338/x2 0.05 298.1406 − 1.8538x + 0.004328x2 0.24 603.933 + 27.0403x − 333.704ln(x) 0.28
Linear
 A1c 5.8152 − 0.0101x 0.01 4.0437 + 0.0069x 0.07 3.9098 + 0.1267x 0.13
 FG 106.6068 − 0.2107x 0.01 42.2954 + 0.2630x 0.12 43.5650 + 4.3574x 0.18

Abbreviations: A1c, hemoglobin A1c; FG, fasting glucose.

*

Diabetic status determined by self-reported history.

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Modeling was performed using glucose concentrations expressed in mg/dL, 1,5-Anhydroglucitol concentrations in μg/mL, fructosamine concentrations in μmol/L and glycated albumin in %.