{"id":18,"date":"2015-05-13T09:43:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T04:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/articles.1mg.com\/?p=18"},"modified":"2018-07-19T16:05:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T10:35:06","slug":"hba1c-test-for-diabetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/hba1c-test-for-diabetics\/","title":{"rendered":"HbA1c Test: 9 Things You Need To Know About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-195\" title=\"HbA1c : 9 Things You Need To Know About It\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/diagnostics-test-for-diabetic-patients-hba1c-2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Image showing the HbA1c test\" width=\"628\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY DR. KHOOBSURAT NAJMA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The HbA1c test is used as a regular monitoring test for people with diabetes<\/li>\n<li>The test gives a good indication of the average blood glucose levels over the past six weeks<\/li>\n<li>The test is used along <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\/categories\/diabetes-monitoring-5\">regular blood sugar monitoring<\/a> to make adjustments in your diabetes medicines<\/li>\n<li>Results: Normal range is 4% and 5.6% , 5.7% -6.4% indicates increased risk of diabetes and 6.5% or higher indicates diabetes<\/li>\n<li>The goal for people with diabetes is a hemoglobin A1c less than 7%<\/li>\n<li>People with diabetes should have this test every 3 months to determine whether their blood sugars have reached the target level of control<\/li>\n<li>The HbA1c test result does not change with any recent changes in diet, exercise, or medicines<\/li>\n<li>Keeping your HbA1c level in your target range can lower your chance for problems<\/li>\n<li>The HbA1c test does not replace the need for other regular blood glucose<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>visit 1mg,to know more useful tips or buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1mg.com\">medicine online<\/a> in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-195 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/1mgarticles.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/diagnostics-test-for-diabetic-patients-hba1c.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Diagnostics test for diabetic patients HbA1c\" width=\"628\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetes","tag-anti-diabetic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HbA1c Test: 9 Things You Need To Know About It - Tata 1mg Capsules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The HbA1c test measures the body\u2019s glycated hemoglobin which helps in determing the blood sugar level of the body. 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