Relationship between HbA1c, fructosamine and clinical assessment of glycemic control in dogs

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 2; p. e0264275
• Main Authors: Norris, Olga, Schermerhorn, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.02.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Automation; Biology and Life Sciences; Classification; Comparative analysis; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - veterinary; Disease control; Dog Diseases - blood; Dogs; Female; Fructosamine - blood; Fructose; Glucose; Glycated Hemoglobin A - metabolism; Glycemic Control; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Health aspects; Hemoglobin; Immunoassay; Laboratories; Male; Medicine and health sciences; Monitoring; Physical Sciences; Population; Proteins; Standard deviation; Veterinary colleges; Veterinary medicine; United States; United States > US; Kansas

Serum fructosamine is a routine test used for clinical monitoring of diabetes mellitus (DM) but the usefulness of HbA1c for this purpose has not been extensively studied. The study aimed to compare the ability of blood HbA1c and serum fructosamine tests to correctly classify DM control determined us...