The clinical implication and interpretation of glycated hemoglobin A1c testing / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Glycated hemoglobin A1c ( HbA1c) is worldwide used as the gold standard for long term glycemic control in patients with diabetes.Recently,it has been recommended as one of the diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus.To improve the accuracy and comparability of HbA1c testing,expedite the standardization of HbA1c assay and make a reasonable interpretation of the HbA1c results in clinical practice are inevitably faced by clinical laboratorians together with physicians.