Table 2.
Analysis of blood and urine samples*
| Test | Anticoagulant | Instrument | Method principle |
| Glucose – fasting, 2 hour | Fluoride/EDTA | Hitachi 917 | Enzymatic |
| Insulin – fasting, 2 hour | Fluoride/EDTA | Abbott Axsym | Immunoassay |
| Homocysteine | Fluoride/EDTA | Agilent HPLC | Fluorometric |
| Cholesterol | None (serum) | Hitachi 917 | Enzymatic |
| Triglyceride | None (serum) | Hitachi 917 | Enzymatic |
| HDL-cholesterol | None (serum) | Hitachi 917 | Enzymatic |
| LDL-cholesterol | N/A | Calculated | Calculated |
| Creatinine | None (serum) | Hitachi 917 | Kinetic Jaffe |
| Hs-CRP | None (serum) | Hitachi 917 | Immunoturbidimetry |
| HbA1c | EDTA | Agilent HPLC | Cation exchange |
| Fibrinogen | Sodium citrate | IL Futura plus | Clotting time |
| Urine albumin | None (urine) | Beckman Array 360 | Immunonephelometry |
| Urine creatinine | None (urine) | Hitachi 917 | Kinetic Jaffe |
| Urine ACR | N/A | Calculated | Calculated |
* Note: Analysis of fatty acids and carotenoids using frozen samples is also planned. This is expected to occur in 2006. Methods will be described elsewhere.