Your doctor may have talked to you about the test they do that gives them a 3 month overview of
your average glucose readings.
Not exact matches
A1C
readings provide a snapshot of
average blood
glucose levels over the past two to three months to give an idea of how well diabetes therapy is working.
This test gives an
average blood
glucose reading for the last two weeks.
Of course, because the fructosamine is looking at
averages, it will not distinguish excellent control from wide swings from very high to very low
glucose readings.
While your
glucose reading provides insight to current blood sugar levels, the a1c measures your
average blood
glucose control for the past 2 to 3 months....
This is measured by taking an
average of your
glucose readings, or if available, checking your hemoglobin a1c level.
Unlike a
glucose reading, a snapshot of the moment, an A1C tells you what your
glucose average has been over the past 3 months or so.