Glycosylated haemoglobin (Hb A1) in normal rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Glycosylated haemoglobins were measured in 23 healthy juvenile rhesus monkeys by the use of commercially available minicolumn chromatography (Quick Sep., Isolab Inc., Ohio, USA) to establish the normal range. Values obtained (mean +/- 1 standard deviation (SD) 1.57 +/- 0.68%) were significantly lower than that of 17 adult healthy human volunteers by the use of the same method of estimation (mean +/- 1 SD of 5.34 +/- 0.78%).