Open AccessGlutest Neo Super—a New Handheld Blood Glucose Meter—Corrects for the Effects of the Hematocrit Values in Both Hematocrit-Adjusted Samples and Samples Obtained from Anemic Patients
Author(s) -
Fumiatsu Yakushiji,
Hiroshi Fujita,
Hiroshi Suzuki,
Ritsuko Joukyu,
Mutsuko Yasuda,
Yoshiyasu Terayama,
Kaoru Nagasawa,
Akira Ohwada,
Koichi Taniguchi,
Kazuhiko Fujiki,
Masako Shimojo,
Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
diabetes technology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.142
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1557-8593
pISSN - 1520-9156
DOI - 10.1089/dia.2008.0095
Subject(s) - hematocrit , medicine , limits of agreement , bland–altman plot , glucose meter , venous blood , confounding , linear regression , nuclear medicine , surgery , diabetes mellitus , statistics , mathematics , endocrinology
Handheld blood glucose (BG) meters are convenient tools that are widely used to measure the BG levels. However, the hematocrit (Hct) value has been identified as a confounding factor for accurate BG measurement. Some BG meters are equipped with an Hct-correcting feature, whose effectiveness has been tested previously. Nevertheless, the measurements yielded by many BG meters are confounded by the Hct values. Recently, a new BG meter equipped with an Hct-correcting feature has been developed; however, its effectiveness has not yet been confirmed.