Abstract
Haemoglobin A1 (HbA1) was determined by ion-exchange chromatography in 37 normoglycaemic patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) and 26 with successful renal transplants. Blood glucose concentrations in patients with CRF were similar to those in controls, and there was a significant correlation between fasting blood glucose concentration and HbA1 in these groups. HbA1 in patients with CRF was, however, significantly lower than that in control subjects. Concentrations of HbA1 in patients on haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and those with steady state CRF prior to dialysis were not significantly different from each other. Whereas patients with successful renal transplants of greater than 3 months' duration had HbA1 concentrations indistinguishable from controls, HbA1 in patients with transplants of shorter duration were significantly lower. These observations are suggestive of a shortened erythrocyte survival in CRF per se. Furthermore, these results indicate: (a) the inadequacy of HbA1 in monitoring the quality of diabetic control in patients with CRF, and (b) the absence of a specific effect of dialysis on HbA1, and the restoration to normal HbA1 after successful renal transplantation.
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