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Many of you folks know that the hemoglobin A1c test has long been used to monitor glucose control in diabetics. It’s the test that averages what your blood sugar has been doing over the last 3 months. Since a fasting glucose has been the main test used to diagnose diabetes it has long been desirable to come up with a non fasting test since most patients have eaten when they go to their doctors appointment. The American Diabetes Assoc. now recommends that the A1c be used for diagnosis! An A1c of approximately 5% is non diabetic, 5.7% – 6.4% = prediabetic, and 6.5% and above = diabetic. Screening for diabetes will be much easier now with a non fasting test available. Be sure to ask your doctor about this. bjmdjd
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