A1C is a blood test for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. It measures your average blood glucose, or blood sugar, level over the past 3 months. Doctors may use the A1C alone or in combination with other diabetes tests to make a diagnosis. They also use the A1C to see how well you are managing your diabetes. This test is different from the blood sugar checks that people with diabetes do every day.
Your A1C test result is given in percentages. The higher the percentage, the higher your blood sugar levels have been:
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- A1C (National Library of Medicine)A1C is a blood test for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. It measures your average blood glucose, ... the past 3 months. Doctors may use the A1C alone or in combination with other diabetes tests ...
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- Understanding A1C (American Diabetes Association)Learn about the A1C test, a simple blood sugar test to diagnose prediabetes or diabetes and what do numbers mean, and how A1C relates to eAG.
- A1C and eAG (American Diabetes Association)American Diabetes Association ... Read more on difference between eAG and the average on your monitor.
- Blood Glucose and A1C: Diagnosis (American Diabetes Association)Learn several ways to diagnose diabetes like A1C, Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG), Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) and Random Plasma Glucose Test.
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