Table 5 Comparison of the validity of different diabetes screening strategies
From: Performance of diabetes screening tests: an evaluation study of Iranian diabetes screening program
Reference number | Country | Population screened | Screening test | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Cut-point | AUC% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Current study | People over 30 years of age with BMI > 30 whist circumference ≥ 100 for men or ≥ 86 cm for women, (n = 1057) | Capillary fasting blood glucose with glucometer | 69.0 | 95.7 | 116.5 | 90.2 |
| Â | Current study | The same as above | Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) | 84.5 | 79.3 | 7.2% | 92.5 |
[42] | India | People over 20 years of age (n = 2350) | Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) | 93.3 | 92.3 | 6.4% | 96.0 |
[43] | USA | People over 30 years of age (n = 5395) | Gglycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) | 43.0 | 99.2 | 6.5% | 86.0 |
[23] | Thailand | People over 35 years of age and older (n = 669) | Capillary fasting blood glucose with glucometer | 45.6 | 96.3 | 91.0% | 75.0 |
[23] | Thailand | People over 35 years of age and older (n = 669) | Capillary fasting blood glucose with glucometer | 81.4 | 97.8 | 101 | 89.0 |
[44] | South Africa | People over 16 years of age and older (n = 946) | Fasting blood glucose | 50.0 | 95.0 | 6.1 | 85.0 |
[45] | South Africa | People over 18 years of age (n = 1190) | Gglycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) | 74.1 | 98.1 | 6.0 | 95.0% |
[27] | Arab and European population (meta-analysis) | Â | Gglycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) | 42.0 | 97.0 | 6.5 | 84.0% |