Research Article

L(+) and D(-) Lactate Are Increased in Plasma and Urine Samples of Type 2 Diabetes as Measured by a Simultaneous Quantification of L(+) and D(-) Lactate by Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Table 4

Precision data for D- and L-Lactate in plasma and urine.

MatrixD-lactate mean (SD), μmol/LCV,%L-lactate mean (SD), μmol/LCV,%

Intra-assay,
Plasma A13.0 (0.7)5.11265.3 (36.2)2.9
Plasma B85.7 (2.5)2.96605.8 (190.4)2.9

Interassay,
Plasma A12.4 (0.6)5.21338.7 (48.8)3.6
Plasma B85.4 (3.8)4.46452.6 (245.8)3.8

D-lactate mean (SD), μmol/mmol creatinine L-lactate mean (SD), μmol/mmol creatinine CV, %

Intra-assay,
Urine A(1) 0.857 (0.03)3.84.40 (0.27)6.0
Urine B(2)16.26 (0.48)2.910.58 (0.60)5.7

Interassay,
Urine A(1) 0.718 (0.04)5.63.75 (0.33)8.8
Urine B(2)14.90 (1.05)7.08.68 (0.81)9.3

(1)Urine A, creatinine 15.4 mmol/L.
(2)Urine B, creatinine 5.9 mmol/L.