A1c however, is an excellent test for monitoring blood glucose control for those who already have diabetes. People can many times be deceived into think they've managed good blood glucose control by testing at specific times which might be a time of day when their blood sugar readings are lower that other times because for diabetics, blood sugar levels fluctuate throught the day.

The A1c test measures the average over about 3 months giving a more accurate determination of how well blood glucose control is maintained.

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I discussed this matter (whether A1C could be used to diagnose diabetes) with a pathologist one time. He said A1C is useful to monitor diabetics, but it is not used to diagnose diabetes. I was surprised to read that Dr. Olson thought A1C would be useful to find new diabetics (but I want to learn more).

I live overseas and I am interested in health education and health screening (especially in rural settings). Blood glucose testing is easy, but not cheap. Urinalysis was thrown out years ago as a way of monitoring diabetics because it is not reliable for insulin dosage decisions. I am wondering, however, if urine glucose would be a useful screening tool in rural free clinics (or possibly in urban setting as well to find new diabetics). For mass screening, I think the "rule of thumb" is to do a blood glucose on everyone who is "over forty" or overweight (if the organizers have the funds to buy the strips). I am interested in readers' comments (it is good to view the same issue from different angles).