Increasing levels of obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are believed to have contributed to the dramatically increasing incidence of Diabetes worldwide, which is set to double by 2030. Randox Laboratories provide a high quality HbA1c test for routine monitoring of diabetic or at-risk people, to prevent long-term complications from this disease known as the silent killer.

Red blood cells contain haemoglobin, whose main function is to carry oxygen through the bloodstream. When glucose levels rise in the bloodstream, some of this permanently binds to haemoglobin, forming glycated haemoglobin, known as A1c (HbA1c). Red blood cells persist in the bloodstream for 2-3 months, so the level of HbA1c provides a guide to the long-term blood glucose levels of the patient being tested…