Evaluation of a point-of-care meter for measuring glucose concentrations in dairy calves: A diagnostic accuracy study

The objective of this cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study was to validate a human blood glucose meter (Contour Next One Meter, Ascensia Diabetes Care) for accuracy and precision when measuring blood glucose, and for diagnostic accuracy for hypoglycemic status in dairy calves using whole blood...

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Main Authors: D.L. Renaud, K.S. Hare, K.M. Wood, M.A. Steele, M.C. Cantor
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:JDS Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910222000515
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author D.L. Renaud
K.S. Hare
K.M. Wood
M.A. Steele
M.C. Cantor
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description The objective of this cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study was to validate a human blood glucose meter (Contour Next One Meter, Ascensia Diabetes Care) for accuracy and precision when measuring blood glucose, and for diagnostic accuracy for hypoglycemic status in dairy calves using whole blood and blood plasma. A total of 49 male dairy calves [body weight (BW): 46.3 ± 0.8 kg] had jugular catheters placed within 75 min after birth. Thereafter, blood was withdrawn from the catheter at specific time points (−10, 10, 20, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, 240, 360, 480, and 600 min) relative to the first and second colostrum feedings (2 h 15 min and 14 h 5 min postnatal; feeding rate: 7% of BW wt/wt). The reference standard method for plasma glucose concentration was determined colorimetrically and in duplicate using the glucose oxidase-peroxidase reaction. Data were assessed for agreement between the glucose meter and the reference standard using Lin's concordance correlation coefficients (CCC), coefficients of determination (precision), and Bland-Altman plots. In addition, a mixed linear regression model was built using the reference method as the outcome, with the glucose meter and repeated measures of time as the explanatory variables and calf as a random effect. The sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp), and area under the curve (AUC) for the glucose meter using calf whole-blood and plasma were calculated at a threshold of <4.44 mmol/L to determine hypoglycemia. The precision (CCC = 0.95, R2 = 0.93) and accuracy (AUC = 0.98) of the glucose meter were very high when used on 1,303 blood plasma samples. Youden's index revealed a threshold of <4.45 mmol/L for the glucose meter when used with plasma, leading to Se of 94.2% and Sp of 91.9%, with 92.5% of samples being correctly classified, suggesting high diagnostic accuracy. When using whole blood, precision (CCC = 0.85 and R2 = 0.73) and accuracy (AUC = 0.92) were high when used on 476 samples. Youden's index revealed a threshold of <4.95 mmol/L for the glucose meter when used with whole calf blood, leading to Se of 95.6% and Sp of 80.3%, with 84.7% of samples being correctly classified, suggesting high diagnostic accuracy for use on farm. In summary, this glucose meter was validated for measuring calf blood glucose using both plasma and whole blood. This meter can measure glycemic status in calves and may be useful for clinical and on-farm use to make intervention decisions.
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spelling doaj.art-08379c6485fc4beab44c28e7df8263b22023-07-04T05:10:56ZengElsevierJDS Communications2666-91022022-07-0134301306Evaluation of a point-of-care meter for measuring glucose concentrations in dairy calves: A diagnostic accuracy studyD.L. Renaud0K.S. Hare1K.M. Wood2M.A. Steele3M.C. Cantor4Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1; Corresponding authorDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1The objective of this cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study was to validate a human blood glucose meter (Contour Next One Meter, Ascensia Diabetes Care) for accuracy and precision when measuring blood glucose, and for diagnostic accuracy for hypoglycemic status in dairy calves using whole blood and blood plasma. A total of 49 male dairy calves [body weight (BW): 46.3 ± 0.8 kg] had jugular catheters placed within 75 min after birth. Thereafter, blood was withdrawn from the catheter at specific time points (−10, 10, 20, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, 240, 360, 480, and 600 min) relative to the first and second colostrum feedings (2 h 15 min and 14 h 5 min postnatal; feeding rate: 7% of BW wt/wt). The reference standard method for plasma glucose concentration was determined colorimetrically and in duplicate using the glucose oxidase-peroxidase reaction. Data were assessed for agreement between the glucose meter and the reference standard using Lin's concordance correlation coefficients (CCC), coefficients of determination (precision), and Bland-Altman plots. In addition, a mixed linear regression model was built using the reference method as the outcome, with the glucose meter and repeated measures of time as the explanatory variables and calf as a random effect. The sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp), and area under the curve (AUC) for the glucose meter using calf whole-blood and plasma were calculated at a threshold of <4.44 mmol/L to determine hypoglycemia. The precision (CCC = 0.95, R2 = 0.93) and accuracy (AUC = 0.98) of the glucose meter were very high when used on 1,303 blood plasma samples. Youden's index revealed a threshold of <4.45 mmol/L for the glucose meter when used with plasma, leading to Se of 94.2% and Sp of 91.9%, with 92.5% of samples being correctly classified, suggesting high diagnostic accuracy. When using whole blood, precision (CCC = 0.85 and R2 = 0.73) and accuracy (AUC = 0.92) were high when used on 476 samples. Youden's index revealed a threshold of <4.95 mmol/L for the glucose meter when used with whole calf blood, leading to Se of 95.6% and Sp of 80.3%, with 84.7% of samples being correctly classified, suggesting high diagnostic accuracy for use on farm. In summary, this glucose meter was validated for measuring calf blood glucose using both plasma and whole blood. This meter can measure glycemic status in calves and may be useful for clinical and on-farm use to make intervention decisions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910222000515
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Evaluation of a point-of-care meter for measuring glucose concentrations in dairy calves: A diagnostic accuracy study
JDS Communications
title Evaluation of a point-of-care meter for measuring glucose concentrations in dairy calves: A diagnostic accuracy study
title_full Evaluation of a point-of-care meter for measuring glucose concentrations in dairy calves: A diagnostic accuracy study
title_fullStr Evaluation of a point-of-care meter for measuring glucose concentrations in dairy calves: A diagnostic accuracy study
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of a point-of-care meter for measuring glucose concentrations in dairy calves: A diagnostic accuracy study
title_short Evaluation of a point-of-care meter for measuring glucose concentrations in dairy calves: A diagnostic accuracy study
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