Plasma Fructosamine as Indicator of Past Glycaemic Control in Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM)
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https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v7i3.1845Keywords:
Fructosamine, HbA1, NIDDMAbstract
Fructosamines are glycated Plasma proteins which predict retrospective glycaemia of the past 2-3 weeks; while glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) foretells the same for the past 8 — 10 weeks. The glycaemic levels in 30 female patients of Non-Insulin. Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) having mean age of 47 years were assessed by measuring fructosamine levels in plasma and HhA1 in the blood. A highly significant correlation was found between plasma fructosamine level and HbA1 r=0.46, P<0.01. It was found that fructosamine estimation is an equally valuable predictor of glycaemic control in terms of reliability and precision. Moreover, it is comparatively simple and economical to perform than to estimate HbA1.
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