Precise glucose measurement in sodium fluoride-citrate plasma affects estimates of prevalence in diabetes and prediabetes

• DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2023-0770
• Publication Date: 2023-10-23T16:10:38Z
• Authors: Geronimo Heilmann; Sandra Trenkamp; Clara Möser; Maria Bombrich; Martin Schön; Iryna Yurchenko; Klaus Strassburger; Marcos Matabuena ...; Oana-Patricia Zah...; Volker Burkart; Robert Wagner; Michael Roden
• Keywords: Prediabetes; Sodium fluoride

Estimates of glucose concentrations vary among types blood samples, which impact on the assessment diabetes prevalence. Guidelines recommend a conversion factor to calculate plasma from measurements in whole blood. The American Diabetes Association recommends use drawing tubes containing sodium fluoride (NaF) and citrate, have not yet been evaluated regarding possible differences concentration factors. Thus, we compared NaF-citrate venous estimated prediabetes