Table 2. Effect of temperature on HbA1c concentrations over a period of 15 days at Glucose 100 mM in BAGP-M solution

Solutions (100 mM glucose)/date 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
HbA1c concentration (%) (SD) 2°C – 8°C 5.43 (0.11) 5.73 (0.12) 5.97 (0.11) 6.23 (0.14) 6.47 (0.13) 6.67 (0.12) 6.83 (0.13) 6.97 (0.11) 7.03 (0.13) 7.13 (0.12) 7.17 (0.11) 7.30 (0.13) 7.40 (0.13) 7.57 (0.13) 7.63 (0.12) 7.70 (0.13)
22°C - 24°C 5.37 (0.12) 6.00 (0.12) 6.50 (0.12) 6.97 (0.12) 7.33 (0.14) 7.67 (0.13) 8.03 (0.13) 8.33 (0.15) 8.63 (0.14) 8.87 (0.16) 9.00 (0.17) 9.23 (0.16) 9.43 (0.17) 9.67 (0.15) 9.83 (0.16) 10.00 (0.18)
37°C 5.43 (0.12) 6.33 (0.12) 6.90 (0.12) 7.37 (0.14) 7.80 (0.14) 8.37 (0.15) 8.77 (0.16) 9.13 (0.17) 9.67 (0.16) 9.93 (0.18) 10.23 (0.21) 10.57 (0.23) 10.97 (0.20) 11.23 (0.23) 11.40 (0.20) 11.73 (0.23)
Mean of three samples and determinate three times per sample at the zero time, no difference between each solution at zero time (p = 0.46)
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.