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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2021; 13(01): 006-013
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1726575
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The Effects of a Single Freeze-Thaw Cycle on Concentrations of Nutritional, Noncommunicable Disease, and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Serum Samples

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  • Ransi Ann Abraham

    1   Department of Cardiac Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India

  • Garima Rana

    1   Department of Cardiac Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India

  • Praween K. Agrawal

    2   UNICEF, Delhi, India

  • Robert Johnston

    2   UNICEF, Delhi, India

  • Avina Sarna

    3   Population Council, Delhi, India

  • Sowmya Ramesh

    3   Population Council, Delhi, India

  • Rajib Acharya

    3   Population Council, Delhi, India

  • Nizamuddin Khan

    3   Population Council, Delhi, India

  • Akash Porwal

    3   Population Council, Delhi, India

  • Sucheta Banerjee Kurundkar

    4   Clinical Development Services Agency, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, Faridabad, Haryana

  • Arvind Pandey

    5   National Institute of Medical Statistics, Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi, India

  • Raghu Pullakhandam

    6   National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Krishnapillai Madhavan Nair

    6   National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Geeta Trilok Kumar

    7   Institute of Home economics, Delhi, India

  • HPS Sachdev

    8   Paediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, B-16 Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India

  • Umesh Kapil

    9   Department of Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India

  • Sila Deb

    10   Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Delhi, India

  • Arjan de Wagt

    2   UNICEF, Delhi, India

  • Ajay Khera

    10   Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Delhi, India

  • Lakshmy Ramakrishnan

    1   Department of Cardiac Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
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Abstract

Background The stability of biological samples is vital for reliable measurements of biomarkers in large-scale survey settings, which may be affected by freeze-thaw procedures. We examined the effect of a single freeze-thaw cycle on 13 nutritional, noncommunicable diseases (NCD), and inflammatory bioanalytes in serum samples.

Method Blood samples were collected from 70 subjects centrifuged after 30 minutes and aliquoted immediately. After a baseline analysis of the analytes, the samples were stored at − 70°C for 1 month and reanalyzed for all the parameters. Mean percentage differences between baseline (fresh blood) and freeze-thaw concentrations were calculated using paired sample t-tests and evaluated according to total allowable error (TEa) limits (desirable bias).

Results Freeze-thaw concentrations differed significantly (p < 0.05) from baseline concentrations for soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) (− 5.49%), vitamin D (− 12.51%), vitamin B12 (− 3.74%), plasma glucose (1.93%), C-reactive protein (CRP) (3.45%), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) (7.98%), and cholesterol (9.76%), but they were within respective TEa limits. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (− 0.67%), creatinine (0.94%), albumin (0.87%), total protein (1.00%), ferritin (− 0.58%), and triglycerides (TAG) (2.82%) concentrations remained stable following the freeze-thaw cycle. In conclusion, single freeze-thaw cycle of the biomarkers in serum/plasma samples after storage at − 70°C for 1 month had minimal effect on stability of the studied analytes, and the changes in concentration were within acceptable limit for all analytes.

Keywords

nutrition and noncommunicable diseases biomarkers - serum sample - bioanalytes - freeze-thaw - stability - analysis - storage


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