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

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04-14-2008, 08:55 PM

Eddy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jacobsam622

There are several types of hemoglobin in a red blood cell. The glycosylated Hemoglobin measures how much sugar is stuck to all of The different kinds of hemoglobin in a red blood cell while the hemoglobin A1c measures how much sugar is stuck to a particular kind of hemoglobin - hemoglobin A1. The normal range for the A1C is about 2% lower then the total glycosylated Hemoglobin Levels.

This meshes well, considering that the top end of the "glycated hemoglobin" range was 7.8% -- which is indeed about two percentage points above the top end of the A1c range.

Thanks.

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