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. 2021 Jan 20;38(2):1342–1351. doi: 10.1007/s12325-020-01618-1

Table 2.

Performance of different screening strategies for diagnosis of diabetes in the study cohort

Test Sensitivity (%) (95% CI) Specificity (%) (95% CI) PPV (%) (95% CI) NPV (%) (95% CI) Diagnosis missed in total cohort Diagnosis missed in women with diabetes OGTT required to diagnose diabetes (%)
FPG ≥ 5.6 mmol/L 97.6 (87.4, 99.9) 78.5 (73.7, 82.8) 36.3 (31.6, 41.3) 99.6 (97.4, 99.95) 0.3% 2.4% 24.7a
FPG ≥ 6.1 mmol/L 85.7 (71.5, 94.6) 92.5 (89.2, 95.1) 59.0 (49.2, 68.2) 98.1 (96.1, 99.1) 1.6% 14.3% 10.9a
HbA1c ≥ 5.7% (39 mmol/mol) 97.6 (87.4, 99.9) 65.4 (60.0, 70.5) 26.1 (23.2, 29.2) 99.6 (96.9, 99.9) 0.3% 2.4% 34.5
HbA1c ≥ 6.0% (42 mmol/mol) 88.1 (74.4, 96.0) 85.4 (81.2, 89.0) 43.0 (36.3, 50.0) 98.3 (96.2, 99.2) 1.3% 11.9% 15.6
FPG ≥ 5.6 mmol/L or HbA1c ≥ 5.7% (39 mmol/mol) 100.0 (91.6, 100.0) 55.2 (49.7, 60.6) 21.9 (19.9, 24.0) 100.0 0 0 42.4
FPG ≥ 5.6 mmol/L or HbA1c ≥ 6.0% (42 mmol/mol) 100.0 (91.6, 100.0) 69.3 (64.0, 74.2) 29.0 (25.8, 32.4) 100.0 0 0 30.0
FPG ≥ 6.1 mmol/L or HbA1c ≥ 5.7% (39 mmol/mol) 100.0 (91.6, 100.0) 63.6 (58.2, 68.7) 25.6 (23.0, 28.4) 100.0 0 0 35.0
FPG ≥ 6.1 mmol/L or HbA1c ≥ 6.0% (42 mmol/mol) 100.0 (91.6, 100.0) 81.5 (76.9, 85.5) 40.4 (35.1, 45.9) 100.0 0 0 19.1

FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, NPV negative predictive value, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test, PPV positive predictive value

aOGTTs along with HbA1c