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Interference of vitamin C with the urine dipstick glucose result
| Urine glucose (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Trace | 1+ | 2+ | 3+ | 4+ | Total | |
| Vit C | |||||||
| 1+ | 34 (44.7) | 5 (6.6) | 3 (3.9) | 8 (10.5) | 22 (28.9) | 4 (5.3) | 76 |
| 2+ | 36 (42.9) | 10 (11.9) | 7 (8.3) | 6 (7.1) | 18 (21.4) | 7 (8.3) | 84 |
| 3+ | 4 (26.7) | 3 (20.0) | 0 | 3 (20.0) | 5 (33.3) | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 74 (42.3) | 18 (10.3) | 10 (5.7) | 17 (9.7) | 45 (25.7) | 11 (6.3) | 175a |
aThe serum glucose levels were >180 mg/dL in all cases.
