METHOD FOR ESTIMATING HEMOGLOBIN A1c LEVEL, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a storage unit storing a correlation between a hemoglobin A1c level which is a value based on the ratio of the peak value of a hemoglobin A1c peak containing hemoglobin A1c to the total value of the peak values of peaks related to hemoglobin A and a glycated mutant hemoglobin level which is a value based on the ratio of the peak value of a glycated mutant hemoglobin peak to the total value of the peak value of a peak containing mutant hemoglobin and the peak value of the glycated mutant hemoglobin peak containing glycated mutant hemoglobin formed by glycating the mutant hemoglobin, the correlation being obtained from a chromatogram obtained by subjecting a blood specimen containing the hemoglobin A and the mutant hemoglobin that is collected from each of a plurality of subjects to liquid chromatography;
• an acquisition unit acquiring a glycated mutant hemoglobin level obtained from a chromatogram obtained by subjecting a blood specimen which is a measurement target collected from a subject having the mutant hemoglobin to liquid chromatography;
• a calculation unit calculating an estimated value of a hemoglobin A1c level based on the glycated mutant hemoglobin level acquired by the acquisition unit and the correlation stored in the storage unit;
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• an output unit outputting the estimated value.