The consensus is emerging that public health surveys based solely on HbA1c may misrepresent India's diabetes burden.

Most people assume diabetes is easy to diagnose. You take a blood test, get a number, and that’s it. But in real life, it’s ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a retrospective chart review published in The Journal of Pediatrics, Sampath and colleagues analyzed data ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Elevated HbA1c level was associated with increased risk for asthma-related hospitalizations and a small decrease ...

India’s over-reliance on glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) test alone for diagnosing and monitoring type-2 diabetes could result ...

A Lancet Regional Health study warns that HbA1c, India's most used diabetes test, may misdiagnose or delay detection due to ...

A Lancet study warns that the common HbA1c diabetes test may be unreliable for millions of Indians due to high rates of ...

Certain hemoglobin variants and conditions have been shown to affect red blood cell lifespan and hence may lead to false HbA1c results. A 63-year-old White woman presents to an endocrine clinic for ...

A Lancet analysis reveals that the popular HbA1c test may give misleading results for Indians due to high anaemia rates. Read ...

In early 2020, upon recommendation by leading endocrinologists, American Diabetes Association lowered the target hemoglobin A1C guidelines for children with type 1 diabetes. Their goal in recommending ...