Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is a form of hemoglobin. The HbA1c test is a routine test for people with diabetes. The normal range of HbA1c is less than 6% and measures blood glucose levels over a period of time.
Patients with HbA1c in diabetes range had a significantly higher mortality risk compared to patients with HbA1c in normal range (aHR 1.83 [1.21–2.75], p = 0.004), whereas we did not observe a higher risk for mortality in patients with HbA1c in pre-diabetes range (aHR 1.17 [0.82–1...
Diabetes can be diagnosed when HbA1c is 6.5% or higher; however, an HbA1c of 5% is within the normal range, making it challenging to confirm a link between diabetes and HL. Meanwhile, we investigated the HbA1c cutoff value that may indicate HL. To predict hearing impairment more than 25...
Continuous variables were presented as median (interquartile range) or mean ± SD, and categorical data were summarized as frequencies (percentages). Normal distribution of continuous variables was evaluated by Shapiro–Wilk test. For normally distributed variables, differences in tertiles of HbA1c...