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Glycosylated Hemoglobin assay (= Hemoglobin A1)
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- Normal, healthy person 5.5-8.8% of total hemoglobin
- Diabetic under control 7.5%-11.4% of total hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin A1a: 1.7% of total hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin A1b: 0.8% of total hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin A1c: 3.56% of total hemoglobin
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- To assess in diabetic control
- It is not affected by recent changes in diet or medication, like fasting blood glucose.
- Diabetics who are poorly controlled will have a glycosylated hemoglobin value that is more than 12% of the total hemoglobin value
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- Anemia
- Chronic renal failure
- Clotting of specimen
- Fetal-maternal transfusion
- Hemodialysis
- Hemorrhage
- Hemolytic disease
- Phlebotomies
- Thalassemias
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