There are many factors which may interfere with HbA1c measurement.Hemoglobin variant is one of the most important factors.Different hemoglobin variants may interference with different HbA1c measuring systems,resulting in HbA1c analytic interference or clinically misleading because of the values do not reflect the true glucose levels.This may affect clinical dignosis and disease monitoring.

Objective To investigate effects of β-thalassemia on 8 HbA1c measurement systems including Capillary electrophoresis and application of HbA2 values of samples with β-thalassemia from Capillary 2 Flex Piercing HbA1c measurement systems.Methods 338 samples without β-thalassemia ( include 80 α-thalassemia with --SEA/ααgenotype) and 225 samples with β-thalassemia were collected in Peking University Shenzhen hospital from January 2014 to August 2014.Samples withβ-thalassemia are all heterozygotes with normal α-globin and abnormal β-globin, and without combining other haemoglobinopathies.76 normal samples and 76 samples with β-thalassemia were selected from above all samples, HbA1c values of which were given by capillary electrophoresis ( Capillary Flex 2 Piercing), enzymatic ( Norudia N HbA1c ), immune transmission turbidity ( oneHbA1c FS ), chemiluminescent immunoassay (ARCHITECT HbA1c Reagent Kit), boronate affinity HPLC (Trinity Ultra2)and ion exchange HPLC (HA8160, VariantⅡTurbo and Variant Ⅱ BioRad 2.0), respectively.HbA1c values given by the eight systems were compared.338 samples without β-thalassemia and 225 samples with β-thalassemia were measured by using Capillarys 2 Flex Piercing HbA1c system and capillary electrophoresis hemoglobin system, the cut-off values of HbA2 from Capillary 2 Flex Piercing HbA1c measurement system for β-thalassemia was
assessed by using ROC curve.Data statistics were done by using SPSS 19.0.Results The HbA1c values of normal samples were well correlated with the comparative system.The correlation coefficients for the 7 systems are all greater than 0.98.For samples withβ-thalassemia, the correlation coefficients are all greater than 0.98 except for Variant Ⅱ Turbo.The bias between normal samples and samples with β-thalassemia have no significant difference except for VariantⅡTurbo.HbA2 values from Capillary 2 Flex Piercing HbA1c measurement and capillary electrophoresis hemoglobin system were well correlated. The correlation coefficient is 0.993.When cut-off value of HbA2 from Capillary 2 Flex Piercing HbA1c measurement system for β-thalassemia is 3.38, sensitivity is 98.3%, specificity is 100% .Conclusions Samples withβ-thalassemia have no significant effects on HbA1c measurement syetems except for Variant Ⅱ Turbo.The Capillary 2 Flex Piercing HbA1c measurement syetem has the advantage of screeningβthalassemia by HbA2 while measuring HbA1c.

Objective To evaluate the Carryover between the chemistry and immunoassay in Beckman Coulter Laboratory Au-tomation System and decide to whether sharing samples for testing between chemistry and immunoassay systems or not. Methods According to a certain order,high concentration samples and low concentration samples of HCG with different sample volume (500 μl,2 000 μl)were tested on Beckman AU5421 automatic biochemical analyzer.The HCG of low concen-tration samples were then tested to evaluate the carryover between the chemistry and immunoassay and explored the correc-tive procedure to deal with the carryover by increasing special cleaning process of beckman AU5421 automatic biochemistry analyzer.Results Under different sample volume,the carryover in a single module and as a whole of the beckman AU5421 automatic biochemistry analyzer were 5.44,15.47,23.51 and 45.96 ppm respectively (t=14.553,P <0.001;t=5.527,P =0.005;t=3.985,P =0.016;t=20.457,P <0.001).By increasing special cleaning process the carryover of 0.22 ppm was detected in 500 μl sample volume of the beckman AU5421 automatic biochemistry analyzer as a whole.Conclusion The car-ryover between the chemistry and immunoassay in Beckman Coulter Laboratory Automation System could been sovled by in-creasing special cleaning process of beckman AU5421 automatic biochemistry analyzer.

Objective To assess influences of hemoglobin variants on different HbA 1c measurement systems.Methods HbA1c values of normal samples and samples with hemoglobin variants were measured respectively byenzymatic assay (Norudia N HbA1c,SEKISUI), immunity transmission turbidity (oneHbA1c FS,DiaSys), boronate affinity HPLC(Ultra2,Trinity Biotech), capillary electrophoresis(Capillary 2 Flex Piercing,Sebia)and ion exchange HPLC(HA8160,Arkary;Variant Ⅱ Turbo(VⅡ-T),Bio-Rad;Variant ⅡTurbo 2.0 (VⅡ-T 2.0), Bio-Rad).HbA1c values from different hemoglobin variants and HbA1c measurement systems were analyzed .Results The HbA1c values from the 7 HbA1c measurement systems were well correlatedin normal samples .For HbE heterozygote , the HbA1c values from VⅡ-T were divided into 2 groups comparing with CFP , and HbA1c differences between CFP and other measurement systems are minor except for HA8160 and VⅡ-T.The HbA1c values of homozygous HbE were given by Ultra 2 but CFP and VⅡ-T 2.0.The differences of HbA1c values from samples with J-Bangkok are much higher than those from the samples with other hemoglobin variants .The differences of HbA1c values from samples with all kinds of hemoglobin variants(Hb J-Bangkok, Hb J-Newyork, Hb G-Taipei and Hb G-Coushatta)are dramatic for VⅡ-T.For rare Kurosaki, CFP can give a hint that there existshemoglobin variant while measuring HbA 1c. Conclusions Capillary Flex 2 Piercingcan well recognize common hemoglobin variants . Different hemoglobin variants have different influences on different HbA 1c measurement systems.The influences of J-Bangkok among HbA1c measurement systems are more evident than the other common hemoglobin variants .

Objective:To explore the clinical characteristics and prognosis of metastatic sites symptom as the first manifestation in esophageal carcinoma patients with stage T 1 and T 2, and to provide a reference for clinical practice. Methods:The clinical data of 50 esophageal carcinoma patients with stage T 1 and T 2 who had lymph node or distant metastasis as the first symptom in Anyang Tumor Hospital of Henan Province from November 2007 to December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Survival analysis was performed by using Kaplan-Meier method. Univariate analysis was performed by using log-rank test. Results:Among 50 patients with esophageal carcinoma, lymph node metastases as the first symptom were found in 42 cases and distant organ metastases as the first symptom were found in 8 cases. The 1-, 3-, 5-year overall survival rates of patients with stage Ⅰ-Ⅱ and stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ were 58.7%, 49.0%, 16.3% and 56.1%, 12.2%, 0, respectively, and there was no statistically significant difference in OS of both groups ( P = 0.094). The 1-, 3-, 5-year overall survival rates of patients with stage N 1 and stage N 2-N 3 were 63.5%, 34.7%, 17.3% and 52.2%, 11.9%, 0, respectively, and there was no statistically significant difference in OS of both groups ( P = 0.083). The 1-, 3-, 5-year overall survival rates were 64.6%, 30.5%, 18.3%, respectively in radiotherapy group and 38.2%, 0, 0, respectively in non-radiotherapy group, and there was a statistically significant difference in OS of both groups ( P = 0.008); the progression-free survival in radiotherapy group was better than that in non-radiotherapy group ( P = 0.028). The 1-, 3-, 5-year overall survival rates were 70.8%, 35.5%, 21.3% and 33.3%, 0, 0 and 35.4%, 0, 0, respectively in concurrent chemoradiotherapy group, radiotherapy group and chemotherapy group, and there was a statistically significant difference in overall survival among three groups ( P = 0.004). The results of univariate analysis showed that radiotherapy ( χ2 = 7.112, P = 0.008) and concurrent chemoradiotherapy ( χ2 = 10.940, P = 0.004) were the main factors affecting the prognosis. Conclusions:Lymph node and distant metastasis could occur in esophageal carcinoma patients with stage T 1 and T 2. Radiotherapy can prolong the progression-free survival time and concurrent chemoradiotherapy could benefit overall survival of these patients.

Objective To improve the recognition of synovitis-acne-pustulosis-hyperostosis-osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome by investigating its clinical features and imaging manifestations. Methods The data of 14 patients with SAPHO syndrome (8 males, 6 females, age range: 18-61 years) between January 2014 and January 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. The clinical features, the results of laboratory (erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C reaction protein (CRP), complement component 3 (C3) and component 4 (C4), human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27) tests, pathology and imaging examinations (CT and whole-body bone im-aging) were collected. Results SAPHO syndrome was mainly characterized by skin damage and bone joint damage. The main manifestations of skin lesions were pustules, desquamation and erythema. Those of bone and joint injury were sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis, stiff spinal hyperostosis, peripheral arthritis, and sacroiliitis. There were 5 with fasting ESR, 5 with abnormal CRP, 3 with abnormal C3, and 1 with abnormal C4 among 14 patients. HLA-B27 was negative in all patients. Whole-body bone imaging revealed that 14 pa-tients had abnormal radioactivity, mainly involving the anterior chest wall, spine, pelvis and long bone. Chest CT manifestations of the patients were the destruction of joint bone, the fusion of the hypertrophy and the narrowing of the joint space. Symmetric lesions accounted for the majority. Pathology examination showed non-specific inflammation in 9 patients. Conclusions SAPHO syndrome is a disease characterized by skin, bone and joint abnormalities. Whole-body bone imaging can find systemic bone damage in early stage, and CT can detect bone changes and soft tissue lesions.

Objective To evaluate effects of 7 common hemoglobin variants on HbA 1c measurements using 4 ion exchange high performance liquid chromatography methods .Methods Ninety five samples with hemoglobin variants were collected from January 2017 to February 2018 during HbA1c measurements in laboratary medicine of peking university shenzhen hospital .Samples with 7 common hemoglobin variants were measured using Sebia Capillary 2 Flex Piercing, Bio-Rad D-10, Arkray HA8180V, Tosoh G8, and MQ6000 Plus, respectively.Effects of 7 common hemoglobin variants on HbA 1c measurements by the 4 methods were analyzed using Capillary 2 Flex Piercing as a comparative method .All statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS software version 19.0 .Mean bias were calculated for samples with hemoglobin variants , box plot was established to display bias distribution .Results Hb New York showed no interference on the 4 HPLC mechods although Hb New York could not be detected .D-10 could detect 6 Hb variants, and showed clinically significant interference for Hb J-Bangkok, Hb G-Coushatta, and Hb G-Taipei.HA-8180V fast mode yielded no HbA1c values for Hb J-Bangkok, Hb G-Coushatta, and Hb G-Taipei.Hb E, Hb Q-Thailand, and Hb G-Honolulu produced significant negative biases for HA-8180V.G8 standard mode could detect 1 Hb variant, and showed significant negative biases for six Hb variants .MQ6000 Plus could separate six Hb variants , only Hb G-Coushatta and Hb G-Taipei produced significant negative biases for the system . Conclusions Some common hemoglobin variants can interfere with HbA 1c determination by the most popular methods in South China , which may lead to erroneous HbA 1c values.