HbA1c isn’t just a number to glance at, compare to standard levels, and decide if someone is diabetic. While that’s often what we do when reviewing a blood sugar profile, the story behind this ...

She was noted to have lower HbA1c against the persistent hyperglycaemia on her glucometer. Hence, serum fructosamine level was requested which was reported high, in sync with the blood glucose levels.

No association was identified between HU, fasting blood glucose and HbA1C in the two groups. However, uric acid levels are inversely proportional to fasting blood glucose (p=0,001) and HBA1C (p=0.001) ...

[13] Dried blood spot sampling ... we showed that HbA1c levels from DBS samples collected via finger pricking from volunteers with and without diabetes were comparable to those measured from ...

Glucose (a type of sugar) molecules in the blood normally become stuck to hemoglobin molecules - this means the hemoglobin has become glycosylated (also referred to as hemoglobin A1c, or HbA1c). As a ...