Variations in glycated haemoglobin with age among individuals with normal glucose tolerance: Implications for diagnosis and treatment-Results from the ICMR-INDIAB population-based study (INDIAB-12).
Mohan DeepaRanjit Mohan AnjanaRanjit UnnikrishnanRajendra PradeepaAshok Kumar DasSri Venkata MadhuPaturi Vishnupriya RaoShashank JoshiBanshi SabooAjay KumarAnil BhansaliArvind GuptaSarita BajajNirmal ElangovanUlagamathesan VenkatesanRadhakrishnan SubashiniTanvir KaurR S DhaliwalNikhil TandonViswanathan Mohannull nullPublished in: Acta diabetologica (2021)
HbA1c levels increase steadily with age. This suggests that age-specific cutoffs be used while utilizing HbA1c to diagnose diabetes and prediabetes, so as to minimize the risk of overdiagnosis and unnecessary initiation of treatment in elderly people who could have physiological increase in HbA1c levels.