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2. Doctors Explain How to Lower Your A1C Level

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   The screening involves getting an A1C test, also known as a hemoglobin A1C test, to measure your average blood sugar level over the past 90 days. Dr. Peterson says this blood test is used to ...

3. Warning sign of type 2 diabetes: 7 ways to reverse prediabetes

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   "In this fasting test, you have not eaten or drank since the night before," she said. "With both a hemoglobin A1c and fasting blood sugar test, your doctor can diagnose you with prediabetes."

4. Prediabetes: Everything You Need to Know, From Symptoms to ...

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   A1C. An A1C test also measures your blood sugar levels, but as a cumulative average over the past three months. You’ll see these results as a percentage — the higher the percentage, the higher ...

5. Glycated hemoglobin - Wikipedia

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   There are several ways to measure glycated hemoglobin, of which HbA1c (or simply A1c) is a standard single test. [5] HbA1c is measured primarily to determine the three-month average blood sugar level and is used as a standard diagnostic test for evaluating the risk of complications of diabetes and as an assessment of glycemic control.

6. Prediabetes - Wikipedia

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   Prediabetes is a component of metabolic syndrome and is characterized by elevated blood sugar levels that fall below the threshold to diagnose diabetes mellitus.It usually does not cause symptoms but people with prediabetes often have obesity (especially abdominal or visceral obesity), dyslipidemia with high triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol, and hypertension. [1]

7. Glucose test - Wikipedia

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   Fasting prior to glucose testing may be required with some test types. Fasting blood sugar test, for example, requires 10–16 hour-long period of not eating before the test. [1] Blood sugar levels can be affected by some drugs and prior to some glucose tests these medications should be temporarily given up or their dosages should be decreased.