Products of non-enzymatic reactions between GLUCOSE and HEMOGLOBIN (occurring as a minor fraction of the hemoglobin of ERYTHROCYTES.) It generally refers to glycated HEMOGLOBIN A. Hemoglobin A1c (Hb A1c) is hemoglobin A with GLYCATION on a terminal VALINE of the beta chain. Glycated hemoglobin A is used as an index of the average blood sugar level over a lifetime of erythrocytes.
Also Known As:
Glycosylated Hemoglobin; Glycated Hemoglobin A; Glycated Hemoglobin A1c; Glycated Hemoglobins; Glycosylated Hemoglobin A1c; Hb A1; Hb A1a+b; Hb A1a-1; Hb A1a-2; Hb A1b; Hemoglobin, Glycated A1a-2; Hemoglobin, Glycated A1b; Hemoglobin, Glycosylated; Hemoglobin, Glycosylated A1a-1; Hemoglobin, Glycosylated A1b; A1a-1 Hemoglobin, Glycosylated; A1a-2 Hemoglobin, Glycated; A1b Hemoglobin, Glycated; A1b Hemoglobin, Glycosylated; Glycated A1a-2 Hemoglobin; Glycated A1b Hemoglobin; Glycosylated A1a-1 Hemoglobin; Glycosylated A1b Hemoglobin; Hemoglobin A, Glycated; Hemoglobin A1c, Glycated; Hemoglobin A1c, Glycosylated; Hemoglobin, Glycated; Hemoglobin, Glycated A1a 2; Hemoglobin, Glycosylated A1a 1; Hemoglobins, Fructated; Hemoglobins, Glycated; Fructated Hemoglobins; Glycohemoglobin; Glycohemoglobin A; Glycohemoglobins; Glycosylated Hemoglobin A; Hb A1c; HbA1; Hemoglobin A(1); Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated