Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) In Blood: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Things that may affect the results of your test include:
- If there is more than one baby (fetus). This increases the level of AFP in the blood.
- If you have gestational diabetes.
- If you smoke. This increases the level of AFP in the blood.
- If you had a medical test that used radioactive tracers in the past 2 weeks.
| Last updated: | May 14, 2008 |
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| Author: | Sandy Jocoy, RN |
| Reviewed By: | Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine, Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH - Reproductive Genetics |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Tracy Landauer |
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