Why the study?
Does higher HbA1c level increase the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in subjects without known diabetes?
Population
Subjects without known diabetes from 12 prospective cohort studies
Comparison
Higher HbA1c levels (evaluated per 1% increase) vs Lower HbA1c levels
Design
Meta-analysis
Authors
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May support HbA1c monitoring for mortality risk in non-diabetics; leaves open need for interventional trials.
Does higher HbA1c level increase the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in subjects without known diabetes?
Higher HbA1c levels (>5.7%) are associated with increased all-cause and CVD mortality in subjects without known diabetes, primarily driven by those with undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes.
Zhong et al. (2016) studied this question.