"Many people do not know that HbA1c, or glycated hemoglobin ... to diagnose diabetes in patients with hemoglobin variants in which the hemoglobin molecule differs from the normal hemoglobin ...

Growing evidence, including results from a new large-scale population study, however, strongly suggests that the assessment of glycated hemoglobin levels has advantages over measurement of glucose ...

Biomarkers of glucose and lipid metabolism were measured in both groups. A significant reduction in glycated hemoglobin levels was observed in both groups during consumption of the green tea extract.