Imai Takatoshi, Oikawa Yoichi, Shimada Akira
Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Rev Diabet Stud. 2007 Spring;4(1):44-8. doi: 10.1900/RDS.2007.4.44. Epub 2007 May 10.
Generally, the level of glycoalbumin (GA) is approximately 3 times higher than that of HbA1c. However, in type 1 diabetic patients, we often find an even higher GA/HbA1c ratio of nearly 3.5. Therefore, this study was performed to examine the significance of a higher GA/HbA1c ratio.
17 type 1 diabetic patients were enrolled in part 1 of the study and divided into two groups, one with a higher and the other with a lower GA/HbA1c ratio. In both groups, the correlation between GA or HbA1c level and each "4-point" capillary glucose level was analyzed. 80 type 1 diabetic patients were enrolled in part 2 of the study and the relationship between mean GA/HbA1c ratio in the past year and degree of diabetic retinopathy was analyzed.
In part 1 of the study, we found positive correlations between GA and bedtime capillary glucose levels and between HbA1c and bedtime capillary glucose levels in the higher GA/HbA1c group (r = 0.86, p = 0.023; r = 0.95, p = 0.012, respectively), but not in the lower GA/HbA1c group. In part 2 of the study, a significant positive correlation between GA/HbA1c ratio and severity of retinopathy could be observed (r = 0.269, p = 0.017).
A higher GA/HbA1c ratio may reflect a postprandial hyperglycemic state and simultaneous monitoring of GA and HbA1c may improve the management of diabetic patients.
一般来说,糖化白蛋白(GA)水平约为糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)水平的3倍。然而,在1型糖尿病患者中,我们经常发现GA/HbA1c比值甚至更高,接近3.5。因此,本研究旨在探讨较高GA/HbA1c比值的意义。
17名1型糖尿病患者纳入研究的第1部分,并分为两组,一组GA/HbA1c比值较高,另一组较低。在两组中,分析GA或HbA1c水平与每个“4点”毛细血管血糖水平之间的相关性。80名1型糖尿病患者纳入研究的第2部分,分析过去一年的平均GA/HbA1c比值与糖尿病视网膜病变程度之间的关系。
在研究的第1部分中,我们发现较高GA/HbA1c组中GA与睡前毛细血管血糖水平之间以及HbA1c与睡前毛细血管血糖水平之间存在正相关(r = 0.86,p = 0.023;r = 0.95,p = 0.012),但在较低GA/HbA1c组中未发现。在研究的第2部分中,可以观察到GA/HbA1c比值与视网膜病变严重程度之间存在显著正相关(r = 0.269,p = 0.017)。
较高的GA/HbA1c比值可能反映餐后高血糖状态,同时监测GA和HbA1c可能改善糖尿病患者的管理。