American Diabetes Association's preferred testing method fails to identify kids with diabetes
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 16:33
in Health & Medicine
In 2009, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommended that Hemoglobin A1c be exclusively used for the diagnosis of diabetes in children. The simple test measures longer-term blood sugar levels -- without requiring patients to fast overnight. However, a new U-M study has shown that these tests are not very accurate in children.