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Fructosamine, a compound used to measure serum glycosylated proteins was assayed in 105 Saudi diabetic subjects and 54 healthy non-diabetic Saudi subjects. Fructosamine concentrations in diabetics were significantly higher than in healthy controls (p<0.0005). Fructosamine concentrations correlated significantly with fasting blood glucose and HbA1 in diabetics (r=0.677, p<0.0005, and r=0.598, p<0.0005, respectively). The correlation between fructosamine and HbA1 was significant in the oral hypoglycemic-treated diabetics and poor in the insulin-treated diabetic group (r=0.568, p<0.0005, and r=0.526, p=0.01). Fructosamine concentrations correlated poorly with the duration of diabetes (r=0.221, p<0.05).
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Ajabnoor, M.A.M., Zawawi, T.H., Marzouki, K.M.H. et al. Level of serum fructosamine in Saudi diabetic patients. Acta diabet. lat 27, 105–112 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02581282
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