International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2016, Volume : 4, Issue : 4
First page : (1) Last page : (7)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2364
Validation of A Commercial Hand-Held Human Electronic Glucose Meter for use in Pigs
Rosa Elena Pérez Sanchez1, Gerardo Ordaz Ochoa2, Aureliano Juárez Caratachea2*, Rafael Maria Román Bravo3, Ruy Ortiz Rodriguez4
1Facultad de Agrobiología “Presidente Juárez”- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Paseo Lázaro Cárdenas-Berlín Col. Viveros. Uruapan Michoacán, México
2Instituto de Investigaciones agropecuarias y Forestales-Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Km 9,5 Carretera Morelia-Zinapécuaro. Tarímbaro Michoacán, México. CP 58880
3Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
4Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia-Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Km 9,5 Carretera Morelia-Zinapécuaro. Tarímbaro Michoacán, México. CP 58880
*Corresponding Author E-mail: aurelianojuarez@hotmail.com
Received: 22.08.2016 | Revised: 27.08.2016 | Accepted: 30.08.2016
Abstract
The objective of this work was to validate the analytical accuracy of an Accu-Chek Performa® glucometer to determine blood glucose in pigs, taking as reference theconventional laboratory (CM) method. It was used forty preprandial blood samples taken from sows(two samples/sow) with a live weight of89.1±5.6 kg. The concordance degree between both methods was carried out by using Bland-Altman graphic procedures and estimation of Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient (CCC), and by using the established recommendations from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Glycemic averages were 77.1 and 76.4 mg/dL, with 95% confidence intervals between 71.5 and 82.9 mg/dL and 70.2 and 82.5 mg/dL for the glucometer method (GM) and CM, respectively. Both methods showed a linear relationship: r=0.99 and R2=0.97 (P<0.05). According to CLSI, glycemic results found using GM were considered as acceptable; results confirmed by the Bland-Altman analysis and Lin’s CCC (0.95; P<0.05). Hence, the hand-held human glucometer is a viable device for monitoring glucose in pigs not only by its accuracy, but also because it reduces both stress and costs during sampling in comparison to CM.
Key words: Glycemic, association, concordance, linearity, correlation.
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Cite this article: Sanchez, R.E.P., Ochoa, G.O., Caratachea, A.J., Bravo, R.M.R. and Rodriguez, R.O., Validation of A Commercial Hand-Held Human Electronic Glucose Meter for use in Pigs, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.4(4): 1-7 (2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2364
