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<blockquote data-quote="sud5nala" data-source="post: 1216253" data-attributes="member: 307629"><p>My goodness, you will have to ask them if they have taken the step changes (speaking mathematically) in iron into consideration when conducting A1c tests. If you had the opposite condition -- haemochromatosis -- the A1c couldn't be used. Haemochromatosis is an excess of iron, and a major treatment is to drain blood periodically. Doing that of course spoils the preconditions for doing the A1c. I guess they infuse you with just iron, not plasma or whole blood, yes?</p><p></p><p>HbA1c is a subtype of haemoglobin. The assay for glycated HbA1c actually measures how much of the HbA1c in one's blood has chemically bonded to glucose. 5% is a good value, 6.5% is officially diabetic. The test was perfected and the diagnostic values were selected based on the physiology of normal people. You could search the Web about this. ... iron deficiency hba1c validity. ... iron deficiency/malabsorption alternate glucose assay. I have done so and <a href="http://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547055/all/Alternative_markers_of_glycemia:_fructosamine__glycated_albumin__1_5_AG" target="_blank">here</a>'s one hit. (Johns Hopkins is the name of an elite university that has a medical school and a <a href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/diabetes/" target="_blank">diabetes centre</a>.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sud5nala, post: 1216253, member: 307629"] My goodness, you will have to ask them if they have taken the step changes (speaking mathematically) in iron into consideration when conducting A1c tests. If you had the opposite condition -- haemochromatosis -- the A1c couldn't be used. Haemochromatosis is an excess of iron, and a major treatment is to drain blood periodically. Doing that of course spoils the preconditions for doing the A1c. I guess they infuse you with just iron, not plasma or whole blood, yes? HbA1c is a subtype of haemoglobin. The assay for glycated HbA1c actually measures how much of the HbA1c in one's blood has chemically bonded to glucose. 5% is a good value, 6.5% is officially diabetic. The test was perfected and the diagnostic values were selected based on the physiology of normal people. You could search the Web about this. ... iron deficiency hba1c validity. ... iron deficiency/malabsorption alternate glucose assay. I have done so and [URL='http://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547055/all/Alternative_markers_of_glycemia:_fructosamine__glycated_albumin__1_5_AG']here[/URL]'s one hit. (Johns Hopkins is the name of an elite university that has a medical school and a [URL='http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/diabetes/']diabetes centre[/URL].) [/QUOTE]
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