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Thread: difference between "A1c" and "glycated hemoglobin"?

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04-12-2008, 10:13 AM

xMenace

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Originally Posted by Eddy

Ehhh... I did the Google/Wikipedia thing already, looong before posting, and would tend to believe that... except one test showing 12.9% and another test showing 19.0%? That seems to be a bit of a divergence, even accounting for different methods...

I hope you don't put 100% faith in any lab test. I sure don't. lab test errors - Google Search

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