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      Red cell life span heterogeneity in hematologically normal people is sufficient to alter HbA1c.

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      Adult, Blood Glucose, metabolism, Cell Aging, Cell Survival, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, blood, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Erythrocytes, Female, Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated, Humans, Male, Middle Aged

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          Although red blood cell (RBC) life span is a known determinant of percentage hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), its variation has been considered insufficient to affect clinical decisions in hematologically normal persons. However, an unexplained discordance between HbA1c and other measures of glycemic control can be observed that could be, in part, the result of differences in RBC life span. To explore the hypothesis that variation in RBC life span could alter measured HbA1c sufficiently to explain some of this discordance, we determined RBC life span using a biotin label in 6 people with diabetes and 6 nondiabetic controls. Mean RBC age was calculated from the RBC survival curve for all circulating RBCs and for labeled RBCs at multiple time points as they aged. In addition, HbA1c in magnetically isolated labeled RBCs and in isolated transferrin receptor-positivereticulocytes was used to determine the in vivo synthetic rate of HbA1c. The mean age of circulating RBCs ranged from 39 to 56 days in diabetic subjects and 38 to 60 days in nondiabetic controls. HbA1c synthesis was linear and correlated with mean whole blood HbA1c (R(2) = 0.91). The observed variation in RBC survival was large enough to cause clinically important differences in HbA1c for a given mean blood glucose.

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          18694998
          2581997
          10.1182/blood-2008-04-154112

          Chemistry
          Adult,Blood Glucose,metabolism,Cell Aging,Cell Survival,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1,blood,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2,Erythrocytes,Female,Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated,Humans,Male,Middle Aged

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