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If your red blood cells live longer than usual, your A1C test might show high blood sugar even if your actual sugar levels are normal.
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The study looks at people whose red blood cells don’t live as long and finds their HbA1c levels can be too low. It doesn’t study people with longer-lived red blood cells, so it doesn’t directly support the idea that long-lived cells cause falsely high HbA1c.
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