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Is the a1c test for diabetes accurate?
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Average blood sugar: The hba1c test measures the amount of glucose attached to the hemoglobin protein. It reflects the average glucose in the blood for the past three months. A normal reading is 5.6% or less. A result of 5.7 to 6.4% is prediabetes. A result of 6.5% or higher indicates diabetes. You do not have to be fasting for this test.
Answered 1/14/2015
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Yes, it is.: The HgbA1C is a measure reflective of your degree of diabetic control in the long term. It essentially represents a three month average of your fingersticks, as if you took a fingerstick every minute, night and day, eating and fasting, for three months straight and then averaged them all. Technically, it's the percentage of red blood cells that have glucose attached to them.
Answered 12/9/2015
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