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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2014 Jan 15;2(4):279–288. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(13)70199-2

Table 4.

Prediction Statistics and Differences Between Models

Prevalent Retinopathy AUC Difference in AUC from reference model p-value for difference Difference in AUC from model with HbA1c p-value for difference
 Model 1 0.6947 (ref)
 Model 1 + HbA1c 0.7885 0.0948 < 0.0001 (ref)
 Model 1 + FA 0.7958 0.1021 < 0.0001
 Model 1 + GA 0.7931 0.0994 < 0.0001
 Model 1 + HbA1c + FA 0.7959 0.1022 < 0.0001 0.0074 0.1755
 Model 1 + HbA1c + GA 0.7938 0.1001 < 0.0001 0.0053 0.3491
 Model 1 + HbA1c + FA + GA 0.7953 0.1016 < 0.0001 0.0068 0.2439
 Model 2 0.7435 (ref)
 Model 2 + HbA1c 0.8048 0.0641 < 0.0001 (ref)
 Model 2 + FA 0.8121 0.0714 < 0.0001
 Model 2 + GA 0.8105 0.0698 < 0.0001
 Model 2 + HbA1c + FA 0.8116 0.0709 < 0.0001 0.0068 0.1158
 Model 2 + HbA1c + GA 0.8108 0.0701 < 0.0001 0.006 0.2041
 Model 2 + HbA1c + FA + GA 0.8118 0.0711 < 0.0001 0.007 0.1476
Incident Chronic Kidney Disease C-statistic Difference in C-statistic from reference model p-value for difference Difference in C-statistic from model with HbA1c p-value for difference
 Model 1 0.6937 (ref)
 Model 1 + HbA1c 0.7261 0.0324 < 0.001 (ref)
 Model 1 + FA 0.7172 0.0235 < 0.001
 Model 1 + GA 0.7165 0.0228 < 0.001
 Model 1 + HbA1c + FA 0.7284 0.0347 < 0.001 0.0022 0.0504
 Model 1 + HbA1c + GA 0.729 0.0353 < 0.001 0.0029 0.0098
 Model 1 + HbA1c + FA + GA 0.73 0.0363 < 0.001 0.0039 0.0057
 Model 2 0.7407 (ref)
 Model 2 + HbA1c 0.7575 0.0168 < 0.001 (ref)
 Model 2 + FA 0.7559 0.0152 < 0.001
 Model 2 + GA 0.755 0.0143 < 0.001
 Model 2 + HbA1c + FA 0.7589 0.0182 < 0.001 0.0014 0.0617
 Model 2 + HbA1c + GA 0.7581 0.0174 < 0.001 0.0006 0.1428
 Model 2 + HbA1c + FA + GA 0.7589 0.0182 < 0.001 0.0014 0.0791
Incident Diabetes
 Model 1 0.6751 (ref)
 Model 1 + HbA1c 0.7589 0.0838 < 0.0001 (ref)
 Model 1 + FA 0.7064 0.0313 < 0.0001
 Model 1 + GA 0.703 0.0279 < 0.0001
 Model 1 + HbA1c + FA 0.7616 0.0865 < 0.0001 0.0027 0.0216
 Model 1 + HbA1c + GA 0.7589 0.0838 < 0.0001 0.0000 0.9939
 Model 1 + HbA1c + FA + GA 0.7613 0.0862 < 0.0001 0.0024 0.0406
 Model 2 0.7231 (ref)
 Model 2 + HbA1c 0.7793 0.0562 < 0.0001 (ref)
 Model 2 + FA 0.7504 0.0273 < 0.0001
 Model 2 + GA 0.7518 0.0287 < 0.0001
 Model 2 + HbA1c + FA 0.7829 0.0598 < 0.0001 0.0036 0.0011
 Model 2 + HbA1c + GA 0.782 0.0589 < 0.0001 0.0027 0.0075
 Model 2 + HbA1c + FA + GA 0.7834 0.0603 < 0.0001 0.0041 0.0006

Model 1: age (years), race-center, sex (male, female), body mass index (kg/m2), (body mass index)2

Model 2: Variables in Model 1 + LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), triglycerides (mg/dL), waist-to-hip ratio, systolic blood pressure (mmHg), blood pressure-lowering medication use (yes, no), family history of diabetes (yes, no), education (less than high school, high school or equivalent, more than high school), drinking status (current, former, never), smoking status (current, former, never), physical activity index.

Abbreviations: FA, fructosamine; GA, glycated albumin; HbA1c, Hemoglobin A1c;