KMID : 1100720190390020209
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Annals of Laboratory Medicine 2019 Volume.39 No. 2 p.209 ~ p.213
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Hemoglobin A1c Levels Are Slightly but Significantly Lower in Normoglycemic Subjects With the Hemoglobin E Phenotype
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Pratumvinit Busadee
Reesukumal Kanit Hanyongyuth Sithikan Wangchaijaroenkit Sujitra Pooliam Julaporn Kost Gerald J. Kamkang Panumas Loh Tze Ping
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Abstract
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Hb mutations can alter the structure, behavior, stability, or quantity of the globin chain produced. Some Hb variants shorten the erythrocyte life span, resulting in physiologically lower hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels. The hemoglobin E (HbE) phenotype involves a single-nucleotide polymorphism that reduces ¥â-globin chain synthesis. We compared the HbA1c levels of subjects with normal Hb (HbAA; N=131) and HbE (N=148) phenotypes, examining potential hematological and biochemical factors contributing to differences in HbA1c levels. All had normal fasting plasma glucose (<5.6 mmol/L), AST, ALT, and creatinine levels. Mean¡¾SD HbA1c levels differed between HbAA and HbE subjects: 5.5¡¾0.3% and 5.3¡¾0.3% (P<0.001) according to an immunoassay, and 5.5¡¾0.3% and 5.3¡¾0.3% (P<0.001) according to cation-exchange HPLC, respectively. In multiple logistic regression, only mean corpuscular volume (P<0.001) contributed to the difference in HbA1c levels between groups. Although a 0.2% difference in HbA1c is relatively small and unlikely to alter clinical decisions, epidemiologically, this can lead to misclassification of a significant proportion of the population, especially since the threshold of non-diabetes HbA1c (¡Â5.6%) falls very close to the HbA1c median of the general population.
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KEYWORD
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Hemoglobin A1c, Hemoglobin E, HPLC, Immunoassay
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