People with Diabetes and Sickle Cell Trait Should Have Reliable A1C Test

Posted by National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases on November 28th, 2007 at 09:42am

A new information campaign of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, highlights the importance of using accurate methods to test hemoglobin A1C in people with diabetes who have sickle cell trait or other inherited forms of variant hemoglobin.