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Many diabetes complications – like eye damage (retinopathy), nerve damage (neuropathy), kidney damage (nephropathy and microalbuminuria), and heart disease – are caused by high blood sugar levels over time. Healthcare professional use A1C as a measure of your risk for diabetes complications.
The A1C is a blood test that tells you what your average blood sugar (blood glucose) levels have been for the past two to three months. It measures how much sugar is attached to your red blood cells. If your blood sugar is frequently high, more will be attached to your blood cells.
If you want to avoid nasty diabetic complications, knowing your A1c levels and getting them down to a healthy range (and keeping them there) is critical. Use the A1c levels charts below to assess your current status. And you can download our free charts at the bottom, too.
22 Νοε 2022 · An A1C test measures the average amount of sugar in your blood over the past few months. Healthcare providers use it to help diagnose prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes and to monitor how well your diabetes treatment plan is working.
The American Diabetes Association now recommends the use of a new term in diabetes management, “estimated average glucose,” or “eAG.” It’s a way that health professionals can report an A1c result to you in the same measurements you’re used to, either mg/dl or mmol/l. Take this chart as an example: A1c % mg/dL mmol/l 5.7 117 6.5
The following table illustrates how A1C levels relate to average blood glucose, which is given in mmol/L (outside the United States) and mg/dl (within the United States). For example, an A1C level of 7% reflects an estimated average blood glucose level of 154 mg/dl.
A hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test measures the amount of blood sugar (glucose) attached to hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the part of your red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. An HbA1c test shows what the average amount of glucose attached to hemoglobin has been over the past three months.
