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Prediabetes Fasting BG 6.5

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Tannith

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My fasting BG is usually 6.3 to 6.5. Occasionally lower. But my Habac is only 3.9. Have I got pre diabetes or not?
Tannith
 
Hi,

Please check again what your HbA1c is. If it was 3.9 you would have been having many hypos.
Could it have been 39?
 
Yes 39 (sorry). And the 4 months before I had it done I had been on a fairly strict low carb diet because I wanted to lose weight for 2 weddings this summer - nothing to do with diabetes.
 
Tannith said:
Yes 39 (sorry). And the 4 months before I had it done I had been on a fairly strict low carb diet because I wanted to lose weight for 2 weddings this summer - nothing to do with diabetes.
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Your HbA1c is perfectly normal. Your morning fastings might put you in the pre-diabetic range but you have to bear in mind there are many factors that influence morning fasting levels and they cannot be relied upon for any diagnosis. This is why any abnormal Fasting test is always followed up by an HbA1c for diagnosis purposes.

If I were you I would forget about morning fasting and concentrate on your pre and post meal levels, and the rises you see from before to after. This will tell you a lot more.
 
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