India is estimated to have 10.13 crore people with diabetes, and another 13.6 crore people who are pre-diabetic, according to a nationwide study published in 2023. This apart, over 35% of Indians suffer from hypertension and nearly 40% from abdominal obesity, both of which are risk factors for diabetes. India accounts for 17% of all diabetes patients in the world.
Prevention and early detection are key to helping combat this non-communicable disease burden, experts say. One of the most commonly-used tests to diagnose pre-diabetes and diabetes (both type 1 and type 2) and to help manage diabetes, is the haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test, also known as the glycated haemoglobin or glycosylated haemoglobin test.
A hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test is a blood test that shows what your average blood sugar(glucose) level was over the past two to three months.
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