Table 1. Effect of solutions on HbA1c concentrations over a period of 15 days at 37°C

Solutions (100 mM glucose)/date 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
HbA1c concentration (%) (SD) Ringer 5.43 (0.11) 5.93 (0.10) 6.37 (0.12) 6.73 (0.13) 6.97 (0.13) 7.20 (0.12) 7.27 (0.14) 7.40 (0.15) 7.70 (0.13) 7.90 (0.16) 8.10 (0.15) 8.20 (0.14) 8.30 (0.17) 8.47 (0.16) 8.40 (0.16) 8.50 (0.16)
BAGP-M 5.43 (0.13) 6.10 (0.12) 6.90 (0.13) 7.37 (0.14) 8.00 (0.15) 8.23 (0.14) 8.63 (0.15) 9.17 (0.16) 9.60 (0.16) 10.07 (0.17) 10.17 (0.18) 10.53 (0.18) 10.80 (0.19) 10.97 (0.19) 11.20 (0.20) 11.57 (0.20)
Saline 5.47 (0.12) 6.07 (0.11) 6.50 (0.13) 7.00 (0.14) 7.40 (0.14) 7.87 (0.14) 8.13 (0.15) 8.50 (0.15) 9.47 (0.17) 9.67 (0.17) 9.93 (0.17) 10.03 (0.18) 10.20 (0.19) 10.43 (0.18) 10.73 (0.19) 11.07 (0.18)
PBS 5.40 (0.13) 5.87 (0.12) 6.50 (0.12) 7.03 (0.14) 7.40 (0.15) 7.60 (0.15) 7.93 (0.16) 8.07 (0.17) 8.23 (0.18) 8.37 (0.15) 8.53 (0.19) 8.77 (0.20) 8.87 (0.19) 9.00 (0.19) 9.03 (0.18) 9.20 (0.19)
Mean of three samples and determinate three times per sample at the zero time, no difference between each solution at zero time (p = 0.69)
Mean of three samples and determinate three times per sample at each day, values from each day are significantly greater (p<0.05) than the zero time.