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Hemoglobin is the compound in the red blood cells that transports oxygen. There are several variants of which Hemoglobin A constitutes about 90%. The 1 is the subtype of A and c is the subscript to the 1. Therefore, measurement of HbA1c actually is the measuring of the amount of glucose sticking to the hemoglobin in the red blood cell.
