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Glucose was measured within 30 min from blood sampling in duplicate on the Architect c8000 analyzer. Mean biases between all tube types were calculated and compared to the recommended criteria (1.95%). Additionally, glucose concentrations measured in all five tube types were compared using the Friedman test.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_cclm-2017-0279_s_997_w2aab3b7c34b1b6b1aab1c15b3Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In the entire studied population, glucose concentrations measured in Glucomedics, FC mix and GlucoEXACT were higher (7.3%, 3.2% and 2.0%, respectively) than in the ice-chilled LiH tubes. When all glycolysis inhibitor-containing tubes were compared, Glucomedics tubes significantly differed from GlucoEXACT and FC mix tubes (biases \u22124.9% and 4.0%, respectively). In addition, there was a significant difference between the NaF\/KOx tube and Glucomedics, as well as FC mix tubes (biases 7.1% and 3.0%, respectively).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_cclm-2017-0279_s_996_w2aab3b7c34b1b6b1aab1c15b4Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Glucose concentrations measured in recommended ice-chilled lithium heparin- and citrate buffer-containing tubes are not comparable. Significant biases exist between various glycolysis inhibitor-containing tubes; therefore, they cannot be used interchangeably.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/cclm-2017-0279","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,26]],"date-time":"2017-07-26T10:01:08Z","timestamp":1501063268000},"page":"236-241","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Various glycolysis inhibitor-containing tubes for glucose measurement cannot be used interchangeably due to clinically unacceptable biases between them"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"Andrea","family":"Saracevic","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics , University Hospital \u201cSveti Duh\u201d , Sveti Duh 64 , Zagreb , Croatia , Phone: +385 1 3712 117"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lora","family":"Dukic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics , University Hospital \u201cSveti Duh\u201d , Zagreb , Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gordana","family":"Juricic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Laboratory Diagnostics , General Hospital Pula , Pula , Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lara","family":"Milevoj Kopcinovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University Department of Chemistry, University Hospital Center \u201cSestre Milosrdnice\u201d , Zagreb , Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gorana","family":"Mirosevic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic diseases \u201cMladen Sekso\u201d , University Hospital Center \u201cSestre Milosrdnice\u201d , Zagreb , Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ana-Maria","family":"Simundic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics , University Hospital \u201cSveti Duh\u201d , Zagreb , Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021021300551896637_j_cclm-2017-0279_ref_001_w2aab3b7c34b1b6b1ab2b2b1Aa","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Sacks DB, Arnold M, Bakris GL, Bruns DE, Horvath AR, Kirkman MS, et al. 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