Correlation of HbA1c and glycated albumin in hemodialysis patients with diabetes melitus

Background: Uses of HbA1c compared with glycated albumin as an indicator of glycemic control for hemodialysis patients(HD) needs to be evaluated. HbA1c has some limitations when used for HD because its results can falsely low or falsely high. It can be missunderstood if clinicians use HbA1c as glycemic control. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate correlation between HbA1c and GA in HD patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Methods: This study was a cross sectional study conducted on November 2016 until January 2017. Its samples were obtained from 43 patients in HD with DM, fullfilling inclusion and exclusion criteria, located in a private hospital at east Jakarta. The HbA1c was measured by using a turbidimetric inhibition immunoassay method, and the GA was measured by using an enzimatic colorimetric method. In addition, a test of Pearson correlation was used to determine the correlation between HbA1c and GA with a significance of p