›› 2014, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (11): 1094-1096.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2014.11.004

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An investigation on the reference range of glycosylated hemoglobin A1c in neonatal umbilical cord blood

ZHANG Li1, YU Jing1, WANG Jieyun2, GU Qin2, LI Haichuan1, HOU Yaping1, GONG Bo1   

  1. 1.Department of Clinical Laboratory, Changning Maternity and Infant Health Hospital, Shanghai 200051, China;
    2. Department of Paediatrics, Changning Maternity and Infant Health Hospital, Shanghai 200051, China
  • Received:2014-04-18 Online:2014-11-01 Published:2014-11-28
  • Contact: 龚波,联系电话:021-62288686-3317。

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the reference range of neonatal glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). Methods A total of 1 003 healthy infants were enrolled, and their blood samples from umbilical cord were collected. HbA1c levels were determined by affinity chromatography, and were calculated according to P2.5-P97.5. Results The HbA1c levels showed a positive skewness distribution. The median of HbA1c levels was 3.80%. The 95% reference ranges for HbA1c levels were 3.46%- 4.25%. There was no significant influence of infants' sex and delivery ways on HbA1c levels (P>0.05). There was a positive correlation between HbA1c levels and the blood glucose of infants (r=0.118, P=0.028) and no correlation with the weight of infants (r=0.064, P=0.168). Conclusions HbA1c levels can help for monitoring the blood glucose of infants, and the reference range has an important significance in clinic.

Key words: Neonatal umbilical cord blood, Glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, Reference range, Investigation

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