A1C: What Is It and Why Does It Matter for People with Type 2 Diabetes?
From the Everyday Health website

One measure of your diabetes management is your A1C test result. You may have heard this number at diagnosis or during visits with your healthcare provider. So exactly what does this number mean, and what should you consider in setting your own A1C goal?
“A1C is a marker of the average blood sugar in the previous three months,” explains Samar Hafida, MD, an endocrinologist at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. “It measures the big picture of what’s going on,” she says.


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