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Prediabetes Diagnosis and Treatment in Primary Care

Arch G. Mainous, Rebecca J. Tanner and Richard Baker
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2016, 29 (2) 283-285; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150252
Arch G. Mainous III
the Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville (AGM, RJT); the Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK (RB).
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Rebecca J. Tanner
the Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville (AGM, RJT); the Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK (RB).
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    Table 1. Characteristics of Patients with No Diabetes Diagnosis and a Current HbA1c Test, Aged 45 and Older
    Unweighted sample size, n518
    Weighted sample size, n1,167,004
    Age (years), %
        45–6460.5
        ≥6539.5
    Sex, %
        Male53.3
        Female46.7
    Race/ethnicity, %
        Non-Hispanic white66
        Non-Hispanic black6.4
        Hispanic18.8
        Non-Hispanic other8.7*
    Payer type, %
        Private Insurance47.6
        Medicare/Medicaid/CHIP50.3
        Other2.1*
    BMI category, %
        Underweight/healthy weight13.7
        Overweight56
        Obese30.3
    HbA1c category, %
        Normal (<5.7%)54.6
        Prediabetes (5.7–6.4%)33.6
        Diabetes (>6.4%)11.9
    • ↵* Unreliable estimate.

    • CHIP, Children's Health Insurance Program.

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    Table 2. Logistic Regression Results for Treatment of Prediabetes in Patients Who Had a Current HbA1c Test and Prediabetes
    Odds Ratio (95% CI)
    Sex
        Male1.00
        Female1.53 (0.51–4.57)
    Age (years)
        45–641.00
        ≥651.16 (0.38–3.54)
    Insurance status
        Private Insurance0.53 (0.16–1.74)
        Other1.00
    Race/ethnicity
        Non-Hispanic white1.00
        Nonwhite0.50 (0.17–1.47)
    BMI category
        Underweight/normal weight1.00
        Overweight0.31 (0.09–1.05)
        Obese0.28 (0.07–1.09)
    HbA1c
        5.7–5.9%1.00
        ≥6.0%0.80 (0.32–2.00)
    • BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval.

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