[Informative significance of hemoglobin A1 in the control of diabetes].

Sixty one patients were studied, 23 with diabetes, type I and 38 with type II. The level of glycosilized hemoglobin was determined in all, corresponding to the routine battery of symptoms and laboratory data, used in the practice in the evaluation of the state of the diabetic patients. A low correlation coefficient was established (type I r = 0,1 and type II r = 0,1) between the calculated glucose and mean blood sugar from blood sugar profiles.