Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements, and is solid under standard conditions. The metal therefore occurs often in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits.
A1c is an abbreviation of another abbreviation, HbA1c, or hemoglobin A1c. It's a blood test that evaluates how your blood sugar levels have been over the last three months.
The A1c test, also called the glycosylated hemoglobin test, is a blood test doctors use to determine how your blood sugar has been averaging over the past two to hree months.our doctor may order this test if he or she suspects that you may be developing type 2 diabetes, or to see how well your blood sugar in controlled if you have diabetes. Higher A1c levels are associated with higher blood sugar levels, which can lead to complications.