title: [Serum 1, 5-anhydroglucose alcohol: a serum indicator for estimating acute blood sugar fluctuation in patients with fulminant type 1 diabetes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the feasibility of using 1,5-anhydroglucose alcohol (1,5-AG) as a diagnostic indicator of fulminant type 1 diabetes (FT1DM).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen patients with newly diagnosed FT1DM and 52 with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) were examined for serum biochemistry, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbAlc), and serum 1, 5-AG level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients with FT1DM and T2DM showed significantly different fasting levels of blood glucose (FBG), fructosamine (FMN), creatinine (Cr), urea, HbAlc and serum 1,5-AG (P<0.05). In FT1DM patients, serum 1,5-AG was found to inversely correlate with FBG (r=-0.646, P=0.032) and FMN (r=-0.680, P=0.021), and in T2DM patients, serum 1,5-AG was inversely correlated with FBG (r=-0.407, P=0.001), FMN (r=-0.314, P=0.01) and HbAlc (r=-0.576, P<0.01). Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed an area under the curve of serum 1,5-AG of 0.804 with a cutoff value of 67.95, a sensitivity of 82.9% and a specificity of 60% for FT1DM diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serum 1, 5-AG can reflect acute blood glucose fluctuation in FT1DM patients and is useful for differential diagnosis of FT1DM when combined with evaluations of the clinical characteristics of the patients and other related indicators.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory Diagnostic Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China.E-mail: 3078325981@qq.com.
authors.forename: Jinlian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Dacheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Youfan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Mingchen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wenyan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D000431:Ethanol; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D000431:Ethanol; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin