• Med Princ Pract · Jan 2010

    Influence of smoking habits on the GA/HbA1c ratio in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

    • Kazuhiko Kotani, Naoki Sakane, Michiaki Miyamoto, Kazunori Yamada, and Nobuyuki Taniguchi.
    • Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. kazukotani@jichi.ac.jp
    • Med Princ Pract. 2010 Jan 1; 19 (5): 415417415-7.

    ObjectiveTo assess the influence of smoking on glycated albumin (GA) to hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ratio among type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients.Subjects And MethodsEighty-one T1DM patients (49 females, 32 males, mean age 48 +/- 18 years) were recruited, and data concerning GA/HbA1c ratio and smoking were collected.ResultsThe median levels of GA and HbA1c were 23.3 and 7.4%, respectively. Independent of age, sex and/or body mass index, the GA/HbA1c ratio in smokers was significantly lower than that in nonsmokers (3.0 vs. 3.3, p < 0.05).ConclusionThe data suggest that smoking might affect the GA/HbA1c ratio among T1DM patients.Copyright 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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