title: The quality of performance of the fructosamine test.
abstract: The performance of fructosamine assays in 35 laboratories was assessed over a six month period in 1987. While agreement between laboratories was poor in the range expected in diabetic patients, most laboratories were internally consistent. The interlaboratory differences are largely attributed to the calibration methods used for this test. Fructosamine results from any one laboratory must not be interpreted by comparison with data from other laboratories or the literature. Other common biochemical tests were found to suffer from similar problems, but to a less serious extent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Christchurch Hospital.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Upton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lever
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Sadler
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Boswell
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood; D019270:Fructosamine; D006595:Hexosamines / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D006595:Hexosamines; D019270:Fructosamine