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- Estimated average glucose (eAG) - Mount Sinai Health System
Estimated average glucose (eAG) is an estimated average of your blood sugar (glucose) levels over a period of 2 to 3 months It is based on your A1C (also called hemoglobin A1C or HBA1C) blood test results Knowing your eAG helps you know your blood sugar levels over time It shows how well you are controlling your diabetes
- A1C test Information | Mount Sinai - New York
Many labs now use the A1C to calculate an estimated average glucose (eAG) This estimate may be different from the average blood sugars you are recording from your glucose meter or continuous glucose monitor Talk to your provider about what this means
- Endocrinology, Diabetes Metabolism - Mount Sinai Health System
Endocrinology is the branch of medicine that looks at the endocrine system, which controls hormones, and includes diabetes, thyroid disorders, and problems with sex hormones
- Hemoglobin Information | Mount Sinai - New York
Hemoglobin is the most important component of red blood cells It is composed of a protein called heme, which binds oxygen
- Blood sugar test - blood Information | Mount Sinai - New York
If you had a fasting blood glucose test: A level of 100 to 125 mg dL (5 6 to 6 9 mmol L) means you have impaired fasting glucose, a type of prediabetes
- Triglyceride level Information | Mount Sinai - New York
Results may indicate: Normal: Less than 150 mg dL (1 69 mmol L) Borderline high: 150 to 199 mg dL (1 69 to 2 25 mmol L)
- Diabetes - type 1 Information | Mount Sinai - New York
EAG is a term that people may see on lab results from their A1c tests It converts the A1c percentages into the same mg dL units that people are familiar with from their daily home blood glucose tests For example, an A1c of 7% suggests that the eAG is anywhere from 123 to 184 mg dL with the most common average BG being 154 mg dL
- Diabetes - type 2 Information | Mount Sinai - New York
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends that results from the A1C test be used to calculate the estimated average glucose (eAG) eAG is a term that people may see on lab results from their A1C tests It converts the A1C percentages into the same mg dL units that people are familiar with from their daily home blood glucose tests
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