Table 1

Characteristics of patients and haemoglobin, haematocrit, and HbA1c results in patients with diabetes with very low values of glycohaemoglobin in southern Brazil

Hb variant presentHb variant absent
Values are range (median).
*p < 0.001.
HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin.
N7357
Sex (male/female)16/5732/25
Age range (years)11–82 (55)12–66 (41)
Ethnicity19 blacks, 3 mulatto, 51 whites4 blacks, 53 whites
Haematocrit*
    vol/vol0.30–0.50 (0.40)0.10–0.52 (0.38)
    %30.1–50.3 (40.6)10.0–51.8 (37.8)
Haemoglobin* (g/l)95–167 (132)31–169 (119)
HbA1c* (%)2.94–4.70 (4.09)3.40–4.70 (4.43)