A1C : is 6.5 ideal?

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I was A9'ing (www.a9.com) looking for info on how A1C is related to

the glocohemoglobin test, when I wandered across an article from

August 19, 2002:

Physicians Weekly magazine

A1C: Gold, but not quite standard

http://www.physiciansweekly.com/article.asp?issueid=33 & articleid=271

in a nutshell, the American College of Endocrinology [ACE] recommends

an A1C of 6.5 while the American Diabetes Association [ADA] recommends

anything less than 7.0

Also, I found a website called " Lab Tests Online " with some a/k/a's

for the A1C test, and other details:

http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/a1c/test.html