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Table 1 Diabetes status based on HbA1c at Time 1, according to age group

From: Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in rural Tehri Garhwal, India: influence of diagnostic method

Age group

Prevalence (95% CI)

Normala

Pre-diabetesb

Diabetesc

0–44 years

44.3 (36.7 to 52.2)

48.7 (41.0 to 56.6)

7.0 (3.9 to 12.2)

45–59 years

29.8 (23.8 to 36.4)

58.0 (51.1 to 64.7)

12.2 (8.3 to 17.5)

≥60 years

27.2 (20.3 to 35.4)

63.2 (54.7 to 70.9)

9.6 (5.6 to 15.9)

  1. Values represent percentages of cases within each age group with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses; n = 499; HbA1c is missing for one case
  2. aNormal was defined as HbA1c < 5.7% (n = 168)
  3. bPre-diabetes was defined as 5.7% ≤ HbA1c ≤ 6.4% (n = 282)
  4. cDiabetes was defined as HbA1c ≥6.5% (n = 49)
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