HbA1c

MeasuredEssentialSample: blood

Your average blood sugar over the past two to three months.

The best single diabetes test — it needs no fasting and is not thrown off by one bad day.

Calculated from this result

Once a lab has this measurement, these lines cost it nothing to add.

How we rate it — Essential

Defensible in a routine adult check-up.

This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.

Check-ups that include it

In 62 of the 78check-ups we track — 79%. Cheapest first.

and 50 more.

Also sold as

Every one of these names refers to this same test. Resolving them to one canonical entry is what makes an honest comparison possible.

a1c · glycated hemoglobin · glycosylated haemoglobin · glycosylated hemoglobin · hb a1c · hba1c

Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.