Hemoglobin A_1c reported in units and diagnostic cut-offs in relation to the international recommendations

Articles in the same Issue

1. Frontmatter
2. Editorial
3. New trends in the long and puzzling history of HbA_1c
4. Review
5. Thyroglobulin measurement by highly sensitive assays: focus on laboratory challenges
6. Opinion Paper
7. Possible role of fructosamine 3-kinase genotyping for the management of diabetic patients
8. EFLM Original Article
9. Compliance of blood sampling procedures with the CLSI H3-A6 guidelines: An observational study by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) working group for the preanalytical phase (WG-PRE)
10. Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
11. Quantitative-fluorescent-PCR versus full karyotyping in prenatal diagnosis of common chromosome aneuploidies in southern Spain
12. HIF1A and MIF as potential predictive mRNA biomarkers of pre-eclampsia: a longitudinal prospective study in high risk population
13. General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
14. Evidence of Crohn’s disease-related anti-glycoprotein 2 antibodies in patients with celiac disease
15. Myocardial interleukin-6 in the setting of left ventricular mechanical assistance: relation with outcome and C-reactive protein
16. Different methods to estimate serum free cortisol: a comparison during cortisol tetracosactide testing
17. Automated immunoassays for the autoantibodies to carbamylated or citrullinated telopeptides of type I and II collagens
18. Relevance of correction for drift and day-to-day variation in cystatin C measurement: a post-hoc analysis of the PREVEND cohort, with independent replication in the ESTHER cohort
19. Laboratory utilization improvement through a computer-aided algorithm developed with general practitioners
20. Quantitation of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D by LC-MS/MS using solid-phase extraction and fixed-charge derivitization in comparison to immunoextraction
21. Reference Values and Biological Variations
22. Establishment of trimester-specific thyroid stimulating hormone and free thyroxine reference interval in pregnant Chinese women using the Beckman Coulter UniCel™ DxI 600
23. Cancer Diagnostics
24. Expression of vascular endothelial factor-A, gelatinases (MMP-2, MMP-9) and TIMP-1 in uterine leiomyomas
25. Influence of ABO type on global coagulation assay results: effect of coagulation factor VIII
26. Diabetes
27. Benchmarking by HbA_1c in a national diabetes quality register – does measurement bias matter?
28. Comparing HbA_1c, fasting and 2-h plasma glucose for screening for abnormal glucose regulation in patients undergoing coronary angiography
29. Erroneous HbA_1c measurements in the presence of β-thalassemia and common Chinese hemoglobin variants
30. Using the likelihood ratio to evaluate allowable total error – an example with glycated hemoglobin (HbA_1c)
31. Two novel haemoglobin variants that affect haemoglobin A_1c measurement by ion-exchange chromatography
32. Analytical performances of the D-100^TM hemoglobin testing system (Bio-Rad) for HbA_1c assay
33. Letters to the Editors
34. Glycation rate of haemoglobins S, C, D, E, J and G, and analytical interference on the measurement of HbA_1c with affinity chromatography and capillary electrophoresis
35. Hemoglobin Valme HBB:c.124T>G: a new hemoglobin variant with diminished oxygen affinity causes interference in hemoglobin A_1c measurement in an automated ion-exchange HPLC method
36. Hemoglobin A_1c reported in units and diagnostic cut-offs in relation to the international recommendations
37. Hemoglobin measurements in samples containing hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers
38. Serologic false-positive reactions for syphilis in children of allergic purpura
39. Exploration of the pre-analytical stability of β-lactam antibiotics in plasma and blood – implications for therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetic studies
40. Fungal contamination of hyaluronidase solution mimicking fungal joint infection: a preanalytical pitfall in synovial fluid analysis
41. Stroke and inherited thrombophilia in a Tunisian girl with sickle cell anemia
42. Faecal haemoglobin concentrations do vary across geography as well as with age and sex: ramifications for colorectal cancer screening