{"id":5818,"date":"2017-02-08T08:20:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T13:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2017-02-08T08:20:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T13:20:46","slug":"the-a1c-blood-sugar-test-may-be-less-accurate-in-african-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5818","title":{"rendered":"The A1C Blood Sugar Test May Be Less Accurate In African-Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>A widely used blood test to measure blood-sugar trends can give imprecise results, depending on a person&#8217;s race and other factors. This test means diabetes can sometimes be misdiagnosed or managed poorly. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/02\/07\/513891129\/the-a1c-blood-sugar-test-may-be-less-accurate-in-african-americans?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=42196448&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9BHZLy2NDgMiDUrqJa2XTi0IXMmT3CdIse-mGLk-bh3ahBZPiEO8grH-zHlqgnUa_GJmcXLuk8p-JQrYtdwb-TlhlxEg&amp;_hsmi=42196448\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/02\/07\/513891129\/the-a1c-blood-sugar-test-may-be-less-accurate-in-african-americans?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=42196448&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9BHZLy2NDgMiDUrqJa2XTi0IXMmT3CdIse-mGLk-bh3ahBZPiEO8grH-zHlqgnUa_GJmcXLuk8p-JQrYtdwb-TlhlxEg&amp;_hsmi=42196448\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Richard Harris for NPR) A widely used blood test to measure blood-sugar trends can give imprecise results, depending on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5819,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5818\/revisions\/5819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}