title: Correlation of HbA1C, glycated serum proteins and albumin, and fructosamine with the 24-h glucose profile of insulin-dependent pregnant diabetics.
abstract: To assess the value of various methods for long-term follow-up of diabetic patients, we compared the concentrations of fructosamine in serum with those of various glycated proteins: hemoglobin (HbA1C), total serum proteins (G-prot), and albumin (G-alb), assayed in 30 pregnant insulin-dependent diabetics every two weeks after initial determination of a 24-h blood glucose profile. HbA1C correlated best with the 24-h glucose profile during the succeeding 10-35 days (r = 0.65-0.68, P less than 0.001). G-prot and G-alb correlated nearly as well as HbA1C 10-20 days after the glucose profile (r = 0.54-0.64, P less than 0.01-0.001), but only weakly after 25-35 days. Values for fructosamine did not correlate significantly with the glucose profile 10-35 days after it (r = 0.23-0.36). Evidently the fructosamine assay is not an adequate alternative to HbA1C, G-alb, or G-prot as an index to long-term control of blood glucose in such patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Suhonen
authors.forename: U H
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: Stenman
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koivisto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Teramo
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D019270:Fructosamine; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D006595:Hexosamines / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood*; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis*; D000093423:Glycated Serum Albumin
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D001798:Blood Proteins; D019270:Fructosamine; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D006595:Hexosamines; D012709:Serum Albumin; D000093423:Glycated Serum Albumin