One-Hour OGTT as accurate as two hr OGTT for diabetes detection, finds study

Kimber M Simmons, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, and colleagues aimed to determine whether a risk score derived from 1-hour OGTT data can predict T1D as accurately as the Diabetes Prevention Trial-Type 1 risk score (DPTRS). Secondarily, they evaluated whether a 1-hour glucose value can be used for diagnostic surveillance.

The researchers modified the DPTRS to derive a 1-hour OGTT risk score (DPTRS60) through the use of 1-hour glucose and C-peptide, dating C-peptide, age, and BMI. Prediction accuracies of DPTRS60 with DPTRS in Diabetes Prevention Trial-Type 1 (DPT-1) (n=654) and TrialNet Pathway to Prevention (TNPTP) (n=4610) participants were determined through the use of areas under receiver operating curves (ROCAUC). Negative predictive values (NPV) for T1D diagnosis were derived for 1-hour glucose thresholds. 

"1-hour and 2-hour oral GTTs show similar accuracy in predicting T1D," concluded the authors. 

The study, "One-Hour Oral Glucose Tolerance Tests for the Prediction and Diagnostic Surveillance of Type 1 Diabetes," is published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa592