Fructosamine and Hemoglobin A1c Correlations in HIV-Infected Adults in Routine Clinical Care: Impact of Anemia and Albumin Levels

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics ().

Characteristics	Fructosamine			HbA1c			Total
	<285	≥285	value	<6.5	≥6.5	value
	Sex
Male	185 (80)	79 (69)		167 (82)	97 (69)		264 (77)
Female	45 (20)	36 (31)	0.02	37 (18)	44 (31)	0.005	81 (23)
Race
White	129 (56)	51 (44)		116 (57)	64 (45)		180 (52)
Black	83 (36)	59 (51)		72 (35)	70 (50)		142 (41)
Hispanic	8 (3)	1 (<1)		8 (4)	1 (<1)		9 (3)
Other	10 (4)	4 (3)	0.04	8 (4)	6 (4)	0.02	14 (4)
HIV transmission risk factor
MSM	115 (50)	59 (51)		104 (51)	70 (50)		174 (50)
IDU	56 (24)	14 (12)		52 (25)	18 (13)		70 (20)
Heterosexual	57 (25)	41 (36)		47 (23)	51 (36)		98 (28)
Other	2 (<1)	1 (<1)	0.03	1 (<1)	2 (1)	0.006	3 (<1)
CD4 cell count (current)
≥500	119 (52)	46 (40)		94 (46)	71 (50)		165 (48)
350–499	40 (17)	27 (23)		40 (20)	27 (19)		67 (19)
200–349	40 (17)	25 (22)		41 (20)	24 (17)		65 (19)
<200	31 (13)	17 (15)	0.2	29 (14)	19 (13)	0.9	48 (14)
CD4 cell count (nadir)
≥500	54 (23)	17 (15)		43 (21)	28 (20)		71 (21)
350–499	36 (16)	14 (12)		31 (15)	19 (13)		50 (14)
200–349	58 (25)	24 (21)		52 (25)	30 (21)		82 (24)
<200	82 (36)	60 (52)	0.03	78 (38)	64 (45)	0.6	142 (41)
HIV-1 viral load
<10,000	199 (87)	101 (88)		177 (87)	123 (87)		300 (87)
10,000–99,999	16 (7)	11 (10)		14 (7)	13 (9)		27 (8)
≥100,000	15 (7)	3 (3)	0.2	13 (6)	5 (4)	0.4	18 (5)
Body mass index
<25	63 (27)	35 (30)		64 (31)	34 (24)		98 (28)
25–29	85 (37)	33 (29)		74 (36)	44 (31)		118 (34)
≥30	82 (36)	47 (41)	0.3	66 (32)	63 (45)	0.06	129 (37)
Fructosamine level
<285	—	—		191 (94)	39 (28)		230 (67)
≥285				13 (6)	102 (72)	<0.001	115 (33)
HbA1c level
<6.5	191 (83)	13 (11)		—	—		204 (59)
≥6.5	39 (17)	102 (89)	<0.001				141 (41)