Also known as: A1C Test, HbA1C, Hgba1c, Hgb a1c, and Glycated Hemoglobin Test. The purpose of the hemoglobin A1c test is to measure your average blood sugar levels over time and to assist with the control of your blood glucose levels. This is an important test to diagnose pre-diabetes as well as type 1 or type 2 diabetes. In addition, people who have diabetes use this test to control their condition.

The A1C test is a blood test that reveals details about your average blood glucose, often known as blood sugar, levels over the previous three months. Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes can be identified with the A1C test. The A1C test is the main test used to control diabetes.

This test helps to understand how your pancreas is working to produce insulin. It can also aid in the diagnosis of an insulin-producing tumor. This test is an important indicator to evaluate the cause of low blood sugar and aid in the identification of insulin resistance, it can also help understand the medical needs of a person with type 2 diabetes.

This test is used to help assess for growth hormone deficiency (GHD), and growth hormone excess, to evaluate the pituitary function, and to monitor the effectiveness of Growth Hormone treatment. It can also be paired with a growth hormone test.