HbA1C test is used for which disease? India is estimated to have 10.13 crore people with diabetes, and another 13.6 crore people who are p...
HbA1C test is used for which disease?
India is estimated to have 10.13 crore people with diabetes, and another 13.6 crore people who are pre-diabetic.
According to a nationwide study published in 2023.
This apart, over 35% of Indians suffer from hypertension and nearly 40% from abdominal obesity.
Both of which are risk factors for diabetes.
India accounts for 17% of all diabetes patients in the world.
Prevention and early detection are key to helping combat this non-communicable disease burden, experts say.
One of the most commonly-used tests to diagnose pre-diabetes and diabetes (both type 1 and type 2) and to help manage diabetes, is the haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test, also known as the glycated haemoglobin or glycosylated haemoglobin test.
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