Low hemoglobin A1C: interpreting the result
In the titleExplore HbA1c, red blood cell turnover, hemoglobin variants, blood loss, hypoglycemia, and factors that may affect a low A1C result.
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What’s searchable?Explore HbA1c, red blood cell turnover, hemoglobin variants, blood loss, hypoglycemia, and factors that may affect a low A1C result.
Normal <5.7; prediabetes 5.7-6.4; diabetes ≥6.5. Altered RBC turnover can make A1C unreliable.
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Analyzer-specific; hemolysis and cold agglutinins may interfere.
Ask your clinician to confirm with microscopy; exercise, menstruation, myoglobin, and hemolysis may interfere.
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