Abstract

MASELLI, María del Carmen et al. Opiniones y recomendaciones de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes. Hemoglobina A1c. Rev. Soc. Argent. Diabetes [online]. 2023, vol.57, n.1, pp.20-23. ISSN 0325-5247.

The standardization of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) allowed in some countries its use for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) and prediabetes, in addition to its use in the follow-up of patients with DM. It is important to highlight that it is an indirect measurement of the glycemic average during the halflife of the erythrocyte, and may be affected by non-glycemic variables, as well as by analytical interferences depending on the methodology used for its determination.

The recommendations and considerations to take into account for the determination of HbA1c when it is used as a diagnostic criterion for diabetes are described below. In addition, it is important to emphasize that it is essential that the HbA1c measurement be performed with certified and standardized methods to the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)results.

Keywords : hemoglobin A1c; diagnostic; methods; standardization; recommendations.

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