1. Glycated albumin may have a complementary role to glycated hemoglobin in glucose monitoring in childhood acute leukemia
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Soo Yeun Sim, Su Jin Park, Jae Won Yoo, Seongkoo Kim, Jae Wook Lee, Nack-Gyun Chung, Bin Cho, Byung-Kyu Suh, and Moon Bae Ahn
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leukemia ,type 2 diabetes mellitus ,glycated albumin ,glycated hemoglobin ,pediatrics ,Pediatrics ,RJ1-570 - Abstract
Purpose Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) as a glycemic index may have limited value in pediatric patients with acute leukemia as they often present with anemia and/or pancytopenia. To address this issue, we evaluated the usefulness of glycated albumin (GA) as a glycemic monitoring index in pediatric patients with acute leukemia. Methods Medical records of 25 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), 63 patients with acute leukemia, and 115 healthy children from Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, were retrospectively investigated for serum GA, HbA1c, and fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels, along with demographic data. Results GA, HbA1c, and FBG levels did not differ between the control and acute leukemia groups. In the T2DM group, positive correlations were observed among GA, HbA1c, and FBG (P
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- 2024
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