Hemoglobin A₁C Measurement Can Be Used to Monitor Diabetic Patients

question 10

Multiple Choice

Hemoglobin A₁C measurement can be used to monitor diabetic patients.The unique advantage of this test is that:

• A)It determines glucose tolerance rather than glucose concentration.
• B)It is more selective for glucose than any other commonly used laboratory test.
• C)It monitors the long-term control of blood glucose.
• D)It is especially accurate in determining the blood glucose concentration.
• E)It assesses not the effects of glucose but those of ketone bodies.

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