An apparatus for measuring a glucose concentration is noninvasive,
accurate, and compact. The apparatus includes a detection unit (10) and a
principal component analysis (PCA) unit (20). The detection unit includes
a light source (11) to emit mid-infrared light, an ATR prism (12) to
receive the mid-infrared light with a measuring object placed on the ATR
prism, and a spectrum detector (13) to detect an absorption spectrum from
the mid-infrared light from the ATR prism. The PCA unit includes a
loading memory (24) to store a glucose corresponding loading and a
personal data memory (28) to store personal data in the form of a
calibration curve. According to the detected absorption spectrum, stored
loading, and stored personal data, the PCA unit computes a glucose
concentration of the measuring object.