Fructosamine Test

This test is used to evaluate control of diabetes mellitus, reflecting diabetic control over a shorter time period (2-3 weeks) than that represented by hemoglobin A1C (4-8 weeks).This test is an index of longer term control than glucose levels, especially in diabetic subjects with abnormal hemoglobins and in type I diabetes in children.

Fructosamine is found in the plasma of both normal and diabetic individuals. ”Fructosamine” is the term used to describe proteins that have been glycated (ie, are derivatives of the nonenzymatic reaction product of glucose and albumin). It has been advocated as an alternative test to hemoglobin A1C for the monitoring of long-term diabetic control. Fructosamine and hemoglobin A1C do not measure exactly the same thing, since fructosamine has a shorter half-life and appears to be more sensitive to short-term variations in glucose levels; however, this is not necessarily a disadvantage. Fructosamine is clearly superior in patients with abnormal hemoglobins because of the interference of abnormal hemoglobins in the anion-exchange chromatography methods for Hb A1C .

A significant deviation from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician.

Private MD Lab Services offers the following test for Fructosamine:

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