title: Relative clinical usefulness of glycosylated serum albumin and fructosamine during short-term changes in glycemic control in IDDM.
abstract: Serial changes in glycosylated blood proteins and direct measures of glycemia were studied in 100 subjects with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) over a 6-wk period while attempts were made to improve glycemic control. All measures of glycemic control improved significantly (P less than .001). Mean +/- SE glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) fell from 9.1 +/- 0.2 to 8.0 +/- 0.1%, glycosylated serum albumin (GSA) from 9.8 +/- 0.4 to 7.3 +/- 0.3%, and fructosamine from 3.92 +/- 0.08 to 3.42 +/- 0.07 mM. Fasting blood glucose levels fell from 11.1 +/- 0.6 to 8.1 +/- 0.7 mM mean blood glucose levels from 12.5 +/- 0.3 to 8.8 +/- 0.03 mM, and the M value from 118 +/- 7 to 40 +/- 3 U. Mean percentage changes in direct measures of glycemia (32-66%) and GSA (29%) were greater than for fructosamine (11%) or HbA, (12%) levels (P less than .001). Furthermore, the correlation between the change in GSA and changes in direct measures of glycemia over the initial 2-wk period was significantly different from the corresponding correlations between direct measures of glycemia and fructosamine over this period (P less than .05-.01). Changes in GSA also correlated more closely than HbA1 or fructosamine did with direct measures of glycemia after 4 and 6 wk. The Spearman rank-correlation coefficient (rs) of absolute changes in GSA, fructosamine, and HbA1 after 2-6 wk ranged from 0.27 to 0.57, confirming that the three measures responded differently to changing glycemic control.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Winocour
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kalsi
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Hillier
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D019270:Fructosamine; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D006031:Glycosylation; D006595:Hexosamines / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis*; D013997:Time Factors; D000093423:Glycated Serum Albumin
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001786:Blood Glucose; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D006595:Hexosamines; D007328:Insulin; D012709:Serum Albumin; D019270:Fructosamine; D000093423:Glycated Serum Albumin