title: Influence of smoking habits on the GA/HbA1c ratio in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the influence of smoking on glycated albumin (GA) to hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ratio among type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-one T1DM patients (49 females, 32 males, mean age 48 +/- 18 years) were recruited, and data concerning GA/HbA1c ratio and smoking were collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median levels of GA and HbA1c were 23.3 and 7.4%, respectively. Independent of age, sex and/or body mass index, the GA/HbA1c ratio in smokers was significantly lower than that in nonsmokers (3.0 vs. 3.3, p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data suggest that smoking might affect the GA/HbA1c ratio among T1DM patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. kazukotani@jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakane
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012907:Smoking / Q000097:blood*; D000093423:Glycated Serum Albumin
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D012709:Serum Albumin; D000093423:Glycated Serum Albumin