A1c May Eventually Be Replaced by Glycated Albumin Test
Updated October 31, 2014.
A hemoglobin A1c test is designed to measure your long-term blood sugar over a period of 2-3 months. Daily glucose monitoring measures your blood sugar right now. A new rapid result test is in development that would give you indicators of short-term blood sugar control every three weeks.
The new test is called The G1A™ and measures glycated albumin (GA), which is the amount of glucose that collects on the protein albumin. When there is an excessive amount of glucose binding with albumin it can lead to stiffening of tissues and raise the risk of complications such as buildup of plaque in the arties, nerve damage, retinopathy and impaired cognitive funct
ion.
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