Serum Fructosamine Assessment, A Possible Index of Glycometabolism in Nomoglycaemic Subjects: An Observation in a Nigerian Tetiary Hospital

Adebayo Ayub-Eniola Ayodele, Musa Dungus Musa, Abdulrahim Halimat Amin, Simon Osita Obi, Alhaji Haruna Musa, Fatima Zakari Abacha, Abubakar Ahmed, John Wakbe Kankop, Mustafa Baba Zanna, Baba Usman Ahmadu

Abstract: . Serum fructosamine, albumin and fasting plasma glucose were measured in 500 apparently healthy non-diabetic, nomoglycaemic Nigerians. The concentration of fructosamine was found to be between 1.95 and 2.5 mmol/l with a mean (+ SD) of 2.16 + 0.23 mmol/l and correlated significantly with fasting plasma glucose (r = 0.67, P 0.05). No sex-related difference (P 0.05) was observed in male and female serum fructosamine levels, also no significance correlation was found between mean serum fructosamine and albumin concentrations (r = 0.13, P 0.05). This result showed that serum fructosamine concentration can be used as an index of glycometabolic control in normal and diabetic subjects in North-eastern Nigeria.

Keywords: Diabetes, fructosamine, albumin, glucose, glycation

How to Cite?: Adebayo Ayub-Eniola Ayodele, Musa Dungus Musa, Abdulrahim Halimat Amin, Simon Osita Obi, Alhaji Haruna Musa, Fatima Zakari Abacha, Abubakar Ahmed, John Wakbe Kankop, Mustafa Baba Zanna, Baba Usman Ahmadu, "Serum Fructosamine Assessment, A Possible Index of Glycometabolism in Nomoglycaemic Subjects: An Observation in a Nigerian Tetiary Hospital", Volume 4 Issue 2, February 2015, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 877-879, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SUB15583, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SUB15583