title: IFCC recommendation on reporting results for blood glucose.
abstract: In human beings, glucose is distributed like water between erythrocytes and plasma. The molality of glucose (amount of glucose per unit water mass) is the same throughout the sample. Different water concentrations in calibrator, plasma, and erythrocyte fluid can explain some differences that are dependent on sample type, methods requiring sample dilution, and direct reading biosensors detecting molality. Different devices for the measurement of glucose detect and report fundamentally different analytical quantities. The differences exceed the maximum allowable error of glucose determinations for diagnosing and monitoring diabetes mellitus, and they complicate the treatment. The goal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry, Scientific Division, Working Group on Selective Electrodes (IFCC-SD WGSE) is to reach a global consensus on reporting results. The document recommends harmonizing to the concentration of glucose in plasma (with the unit mmol/l), irrespective of sample type or technology. A constant factor of 1.11 will convert measured concentration in whole blood to the equivalent concentration in plasma.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: D'Orazio
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fogh-Andersen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuwa
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Külpmann
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lewnstam
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Maas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mager
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Spichiger-Keller
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D019963:Clinical Chemistry Tests / Q000592:standards*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose