BACKGROUND Glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has been applied to identify type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in the U.S. and European countries. It has not been used in China mainly due to lack of a standardized approach to measure HbA1c, short of knowledge about racial-specific standard and deficiency of an optimal cut-off point. METHODS To evaluate combination of HbA1c and fasting plasma glucose (FPG...

Objectives: Recent investigations demonstrated that oxidative stress a crucial role in the etiology of acute aortic dissection (AAD). The levels of fructosamine and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) have been considered as marker to reflect oxidative stress in various diseases. Therefore, this study was planned to investigate the levels of fructosamine and HbA1c in patients with thoracic ADD. Met...

To know the association between psychological strain and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and to examine roles of smoking and catecholamine excretion as a possible mediator in the association, we measured mood states (Profile of Mood States, POMS), urinary catecholamines (adrenalin, noradrenaline and dopamine) from urine sample in early morning, HbA1c and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 63 male ...

Background The discovery of vitamin D is one of medicine's great achievements. Despite all the positive evidence emerging about the beneficial effect of vitamin D, we still find many are vitamin D deficient. The purposes of this study were to examine the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, to test the hypothesis that lower 25(OH)D ...

OBJECTIVES This study was performed to evaluate the impact of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level on characteristics and prognosis of maxillofacial fascial infection in diabetic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 72 patients (35 patients with HbA1c lower than 7.0% and 37 patients with HbA1c higher than 7.0%) diagnosed with maxillofacial fascial space infectio...

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is known as a degree of glucose intolerance that occurs for the first time during pregnancy. There is paucity of evidence regarding the effect of oat bran on GDM. Oat as a source of β-glucan can be effective in reducing the blood sugar levels. This study aimed to investigate the effect of oat bran on fasting blood sugar (FBS) and glycosylated hemo...

OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to compare the effectiveness of two methods of follow-up: Short Message Service (SMS) versus telephone call on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in type 2 diabetes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This semi-experimental study consisted of 77 patients with type 2 diabetes who were randomly assigned into two groups: telephone follow-up (n = 39) and Short Message Service ...

We investigated the effect of temperature, variant hemoglobins, and hyperlipidemia on determination of glycosylated hemoglobin by an electrophoretic method (Clin. Chem. 26: 1598-1602, 1980). We found that: (a) temperature variations ranging from 4 to 30 degrees C were without effect on results obtained by electrophoresis; (b) concurrent determination of glycosylated hemoglobin by electrophoresi...

Therefore, it was somewhat surprising to find a normal, rather than very above-normal, concentration of glycosylated hemoglobin associated with a highly negatively charged fast hemoglobin variant. This patient was heterozygous for a fast hemoglobin variant; the high proportion of the variant hemoglobin (50%) and the lack of an abnormal HbA2 by cellulose acetate electrophoresis suggest a mutatio...