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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2009;301(15):1528.

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Measuring hemoglobin A_1c (HbA_1c) levels, a method to monitor glucose control in patients with diabetes, appears to be on the threshold of official recognition as the preferred diagnostic test for the disease.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA), along with the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and the International Diabetes Federation, will likely propose using HbA_1c as the preferred diagnostic test when revised recommendations are published later this year (American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care. 2009;32[suppl 1]:S13-S61]).

The measurement of hemoglobin A1c levels in blood is expected to replace current methods for diagnosing patients with diabetes. (Photo credit: AJ Photo/www.sciencesource.com)

Unofficially, some primary care physicians have been using the HbA_1c measurement to diagnose diabetes because the assessments currently recommended for diagnosis, fasting plasma glucose and oral glucose tolerance tests, are viewed as burdensome to patients. HbA_1c testing was not endorsed as a diagnostic and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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