Hemoglobin A1c and the Estimated Average Glucose
HbA1c and Average Glucose

July 2009
Last year there were two major papers published which involved clinical and analytical validation of the relationship between HbA1c and eAG.
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- Introduction
- US Diabetes Prevalence
- Diagnosis of Diabetes
- Categories of Glucose Values
- Importance of Diagnosis
- Role of the Laboratory
- Fasting Plasma Glucose
- Fasting Plasma Glucose
- Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)
- Glycation
- HbA1c Concentration
- Diabetes Treatment Goals
- HbA1c Methods
- Hemoglobin Variants
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Reporting HbA1c as an eAG
- HbA1c and Average Glucose
- Derivation of Estimated Average Glucose (eAG)
- HbA1c/eAG Table
- Limitations
- Endorsement of eAG
- HbA1c for Diagnosis of Diabetes
- Disadvantages
- International Expert Committee Report on the Role of the A1c Assay in the Diagnosis of Diabetes
- HbA1c at Mayo Clinic
- Conclusions
- Questions?


