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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: Metabolism. 2011 Jan;60(1):1–23. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2010.09.010

Table 6.

Conditions that can falsely increase or decrease fructosamine levels [46]

Falsely low fructosamine Falsely high fructosamine
1. Obesity 1. High glucose diet
2. Hypoproteinemia 2. Hyperbilirubinemia
 hypoalbuminemia 3. Low sugar intake
 microalbuminemia 4. Hyperuricemia
 Peritoneal dialysis
 protein losing enteropathy
 malnutrition
 hemodialysis
3. Renal failure
4. Pregnancy
5. High level of IgA
6. Hyperlipidemia
7. High sugar intake