Table 2

Pooled HRs for incident diabetes association with prediabetes status at baseline and Harrell’s C-statistics for predicting 5-year risk of diabetes associated with prediabetes status at baseline

Prediabetes definitionMultiple adjusted*
NHR (95% CI)†I2 (%)C-statistics (95% CI)†I2 (%)
WHO-FPG‡73 1515.54 (4.31 to 7.12)93.90.789 (0.772 to 0.807)63.5
ADA-FPG‡73 1514.17 (3.36 to 5.17)93.30.803 (0.787 to 0.819)62.2
2hPG12 8463.78 (3.11 to 4.60)66.40.793 (0.774 to 0.812)0
ADA-HbA1c19 3757.81 (4.32 to 14.14)94.90.811 (0.724 to 0.899)97.9
IEC-HbA1c19 3758.36 (4.88 to 14.33)93.90.802 (0.729 to 0.874)96.2
  • *Age, sex, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, smoking and family history of diabetes.

  • †Normal (non-prediabetes or diabetes) was the reference group, see table 1 for the respective definitions.

  • ‡Family history of diabetes was not adjusted for MESA and Aichi.

  • ADA, American Diabetes Association; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; 2hPG, 2-hour postload plasma glucose; IEC, International Expert Committee.