Influence of smoking habits on the GA/HbA1c ratio in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Medical Principles and Practice : International Journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre
Kazuhiko KotaniNobuyuki Taniguchi

Abstract

To assess the influence of smoking on glycated albumin (GA) to hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ratio among type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients. Eighty-one T1DM patients (49 females, 32 males, mean age 48 +/- 18 years) were recruited, and data concerning GA/HbA1c ratio and smoking were collected. The median levels of GA and HbA1c were 23.3 and 7.4%, respectively. Independent of age, sex and/or body mass index, the GA/HbA1c ratio in smokers was significantly lower than that in nonsmokers (3.0 vs. 3.3, p < 0.05). The data suggest that smoking might affect the GA/HbA1c ratio among T1DM patients.

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