C. Ronald Kahn, M.D. President and Director, Joslin Diabetes Center What is the A1c blood test? The hemoglobin A1C test is a measure of what we call long term glucose control. The way this works ...

"The landmark 10-year, 1,440-person Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), published in 1993, established hemoglobin A1c as the gold standard for evaluating the risk for complications ...

Keeping your blood sugar in your target range is the best way to manage diabetes and reduce your risk of complications. Bring your meter or a log of your results with you each time you see your ...

In those without diabetes, A1C levels should stay below 5.7% ... A glucometer (blood sugar meter) uses test strips and a tiny ...

In a new study, researchers found that time-in-range for healthy blood sugar could be a viable marker of glycemic control and potentially could be used to predict complications of type 1 diabetes.

Your A1C measures the amount of sugar in your red blood cells and gives an average of your blood sugar over a three-month period. Why is that important? After all, when you have diabetes ...

Notwithstanding the use of glucose (FPG and/or the OGTT) as the "gold standard" for the diagnosis of diabetes for many years, glucose testing suffers from several deficiencies. The requirement ...

Eligible participants will receive a glucose meter and test strips to check their blood glucose ... Past participants have noted improvement in their A1c (blood test that measures a patient’s blood ...

Before addressing glucose and A1C, it is important to consider the factors that impact the results of any blood test. While laboratory medicine journals have devoted some discussion to the sources ...