Objective To evaluate variables associated with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and weight reduction when adding liraglutide to persons with type 2 diabetes treated with multiple daily insulin injections (MDI). Research design and methods This was a reanalysis of a previous trial where 124 patients were enrolled in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter randomized trial carried out over 24 we...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the clinical efficacy of sitagliptin for reducing plasma glucose levels in Korean subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus during a 14-week treatment period. METHODS Our study design involved the addition of 100 mg sitagliptin once-daily to three ongoing combination therapy regimens and changing from glimepiride and metformin to sitagliptin and metformin. RESULTS The ad...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to investigate the associations among the mid-pregnancy glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level, gestational diabetes (GDM), and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women without overt diabetes and with positive 50-g, 1-h glucose challenge test (GCT) results (140 mg/dL or greater). METHODS This prospective study enrolled 1,989 pregnant Taiwanese wome...

The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and the severity and long-term prognosis of coronary heart disease (CHD) with stent implantation. A total of 2,825 consecutive patients with stent implantation were stratified into three groups based on the levels of HbA1c: Low HbA1c group (group A, HbA1c ≤5.9% or 41 mmol/mol; n=1,035), moder...

BACKGROUND The relationship between hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and the extent of coronary artery stenosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains uncertain. The present study aimed to assess the correlation of HbA1c level with angiographic coronary atherosclerosis. METHODS 292 consecutive ACS patients were enrolled and stratified into three groups according to HbA1c levels (...

Few studies have investigated the clinical effect of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) on the use of the Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) as a screening parameter for diabetes or prediabetes. We investigated the association between IDA and HbA1c levels in Korean adults.Among the 11,472 adults (≥19 years of age) who participated in the 2011-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (a cross-s...

BACKGROUND Although an elevated hemoglobin A1c (HbAc1) level is an independent predictor of worse survival in patients with both digestive cancer and diabetes mellitus, its relationship to short-term prognosis in these patients has not been addressed. This study assessed this relationship in gastrointestinal cancer (GIC) patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS A retrospective r...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Gastroparesis is characterized by delayed gastric emptying without obstruction. Diabetes is frequently associated with poor glycemic control and delayed gastric emptying. Gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) is the standard for measuring gastric emptying. Serum hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) measures prolonged glycemic control with normal as < 7% glycated. To date, no correlation of seru...

AIMS In this study, we compared the glucose-lowering effectiveness of insulin analogues and their combination according to baseline glycemic status in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) from the A1 chieve(®) study conducted in Korea. METHODS This sub-analysis from the A1 chieve(®) study was a 24-week prospective, multicenter, non-interventional, open-labelled study. Of the 4058 patients, 307...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study is to estimate the level of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) for a safe fetal outcome and to estimate the relation between this level and various adverse fetal outcomes. Materials and. METHODOLOGY Primigravidas who are diagnosed as not having gestational diabetes mellitus as per the glucose challenge test done at 24 weeks with a cutoff value up to 140 mg/dl...