Reference ranges of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in capillary blood in the Spanish population

María Barroso; Jose Miguel Baena-Díez; Daniel Muñoz-Aguayo; Jorge Luis Díaz; Helmut Schröder; María Grau

doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2019.11.006

Reference ranges of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in capillary blood in the Spanish population

Prim Care Diabetes. 2020 Dec;14(6):768-771. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2019.11.006. Epub 2019 Dec 10.

Authors

María Barroso¹, Jose Miguel Baena-Díez², Daniel Muñoz-Aguayo³, Jorge Luis Díaz⁴, Helmut Schröder⁵, María Grau⁶

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genetics, IMIM - Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Gornal Primary Care Centre, IDIAP Jordi Gol, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain; PhD Programme in Methodology of Biomedical Research and Public Health, Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Preventive Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
² La Marina Primary Care Centre, IDIAP Jordi Gol, Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), Barcelona, Spain.
³ Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition, IMIM - Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn), Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genetics, IMIM - Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Teaching Unit of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Mar Health Park, Pompeu-Fabra University, Barcelona Public Health Agency, Spain.
⁵ Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition, IMIM - Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBEResp), Spain.
⁶ Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genetics, IMIM - Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBEResp), Spain; Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: mgrau@imim.es.

PMID: 31836306
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2019.11.006

Abstract

Cross-sectional analysis describing HbA1c reference values by sex and age in a randomly selected Mediterranean general population sample. Using two methods, Point-of-Care systems and centralized laboratory, results show that HbA1c values increase with age. Almost half of the sample aged 65 years or older had median values >5.7% (prediabetes cut-off point).

Keywords: Epidemiology; Glycated hemoglobin A; Point-of-care testing; Preventive medicine; Primary health care; Public health.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Blood Glucose
Cross-Sectional Studies
Glycated Hemoglobin / analysis
Humans
Point-of-Care Systems
Prediabetic State*
Reference Values

Substances

Blood Glucose
Glycated Hemoglobin A