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Original Article

Blood glycated haemoglobin, serum fructosamine, serum glycated albumin and serum glycated total protein as measures of glycaemia in diabetes mellitus

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Pages 863-869 | Received 28 Feb 1992, Accepted 04 Aug 1992, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Blood glycated haemoglobin (HbAlc), serum fructosamine (FA), serum glycated albumin (GA), and serum glycated total protein (GTP) were determined in 61 subjects (19 pregnant women with gestational diabetes, 24 pregnant women with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus [IDDM] and 18 non-pregnant subjects with IDDM). FA, GA, and GTP correlated with HbAlc similarly (r=0.791, 0.816, and 0.794, respectively, p < 0.001). In a subgroup of 22 subjects data on blood glucose home monitoring was recorded and used for calculating mean blood glucose as an index of average glycaemia preceding sampling of the glycation products. Mean blood glucose levels preceding sampling of HbAlc by 2 months and FA, GA, or GTP by three weeks correlated significantly with HbAlc (r=0.668, p < 0.001) and GA (r=0.441, p < 0.05) whereas no significant correlation was found between mean blood glucose and FA (r=0.003) or GTP (r=0.252). In conclusion, such methods which measure specifically the non-enzymatic glycation of a single species of protein (i.e. FPLC for HbAlc and affinity chromatography for GA) are to be preferred for assessing glycaemia.

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