Glucose measurement: Comparison of venous and capillary glucose measurements in type II diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To determine the comparison between capillary glucose and venous plasma in type II diabetic patients. Study Design: Cross Sectional Observational study. Setting: Al–Tibri Medical College Hospital Karachi. Period: 1st January 2020 to 30th April 2020. Material & Methods: A total of 86 patients from out-patient department with non-probability consecutive sampling were selected. Subjects diagnosed cases diabetes based on screening recommendation by American Diabetes Association 35-75 years age either gender included this Patients I diabetes, pregnant females hematocrit more than 55% or less 35%, taking medications like Acetaminophen, Ascorbic acid excluded Each participant was measured for blood levels using Accu Chek, Easy max On-call EZII, strips Glucose Oxidase Method. sample collected within 5 minutes finger-prick test a sodium fluoride tube. Statistical Package Social Sciences version 22 used data analysis. Results: Out study, 48(55.8%) 38((44.2%) males mean 47.16±9.916. The sugars 249.58±110.75 mg/dl, Chek 250.47±117.071 EasyMax 259.26±119.751 EZII 249.33±124.380 mg/dl which shows statistically significant correlation p value <0.001. glucometers accuracy determined Error grid analysis showed strong positive R2= 0.917, Oncall 0.868 (p <0.001). Conclusion: This study measurements.