COMPARISON OF POINT-OF-CARE HEMOGLOBIN A1C TESTING WITH CENTRAL LABORATORY METHOD FOR ITS USE IN SCREENING AND MONITORING OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN A RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED SETTING

Authors

  • Sara Reza Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur Pakistan
  • Hafiz Muhammad Salman Yousaf Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur Pakistan
  • Lubna Sarfraz Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur Pakistan
  • Adil Mehmood Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55629/pakjpathol.v34i3.788

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the analytical performance of the Point-Of-Care Testing HbA1c analyzer for its use as an alternate to the central/core laboratory method.  

Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which 176 samples of HbA1c were analyzed by POCT HbA1c analyzer (A1C EZ 2.0) and central laboratory analyzer (Cobas 6000) as comparative instrument.

Results: Based on the Bland-Altman plot, the HbA1c level for 164 out of 176 (93.18%) subjects analyzed by the POCT-HbA1c was within the range of the 95% limit of agreement. The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for clinical diagnosis of diabetes was 0.91. The sensitivity and specificity for HbA1c POCT were 94.5% and 88.0%.  Using regression analysis, the slope of the A1C EZ 2.0 vs the Cobas 6000 Analyzer was 0.934, with an intercept of 0.20 and a correlation coefficient of 0.97.

Conclusion: This study concludes that the POCT-HbA1c analyzer is a suitable replacement for central/core laboratory HbA1c measurement. It is useful for screening and monitoring of diabetes mellitus in certain situations especially in a resource constraint setting.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Screening, Monitoring, HbA1c, Point-of-care testing

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28-09-2023

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Reza S, Yousaf HMS, Sarfraz L, Mehmood A. COMPARISON OF POINT-OF-CARE HEMOGLOBIN A1C TESTING WITH CENTRAL LABORATORY METHOD FOR ITS USE IN SCREENING AND MONITORING OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN A RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED SETTING. Pak J Pathol [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 28 [cited 2026 Oct. 28];34(3):68-73. Available from: https://pakjpath.com/index.php/Pak-J-Pathol/article/view/788

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Vol. 34 No. 3 (2023): Pakistan Journal of Pathology

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