Fig. 3: Difference in first diabetic diagnosis flag from clinical records comparing clinical coding and abnormal HbA1c.

 = patients defined by both an abnormal HbA1c and diabetic clinical coding.
 = patients defined by clinical coding as post-cancer diabetics but with abnormal HbA1c pre-cancer. Left of
 = abnormal HbA1c earlier than clinical coding. Right of
 = clinical coding earlier than abnormal HbA1c.