Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Saturday, January 30, 2016

HbA1c as an indicator of Diabetes Control

The term HbA1c refers to glycated haemoglobin. It develops when haemoglobin, a protein within red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout your body, joins with glucose in the blood, becoming glycated.  By measuring glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), clinicians are able to get an overall picture of what our average blood sugar levels have been over a period of weeks/months.

For people with diabetes this is important as the higher the HbA1c, the greater the risk of developing diabetes-related complications. HbA1c is also referred to as haemoglobin A1c or simply A1c.

Read more:
What is HbA1c? - Definition, Units, Conversion, Testing & Control

Source: Diabetes.co.uk



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