Diabetes test ‘may be inaccurate for thousands of South Asian people in UK’
A common type 2 diabetes test may be inaccurate for tens of thousands of South Asian people in the UK, new research suggests.
The research identified a genetic variant among people of South Asian heritage that affects the results of the HbA1c test.
The findings suggest that the test, which measures average blood sugar levels, may give falsely lower results in South Asian people who carry this genetic variant, leading to
