Health and Fitness

New NIH Fact Sheet Explains Test for Diabetes, Prediabetes

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

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The A1C blood test provides information about average blood glucose levels, also called blood sugar, over the past three months. The test is sometimes referred to as the hemoglobin…

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