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@jack412I found another reason to have 5.5 and not 6.5
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html
Research has also shown that people with type 2 diabetes who reduce their HbA1c level by 1% are: [1]
- 19% less likely to suffer cataracts
- 16% less likely to suffer heart failure
- 43% less likely to suffer amputation or death due to peripheral vascular disease
This is a link to the full study from which the above numbers were extracted:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC27454/
The study concluded that the lowest risk is associated with normal hba1c of 6% or lower ( median value 5,6%)
Unfortunately, it uses less than 6% as the lowest statistical band examined and as far as I can see it does not answer the issue of risk associated with sub 5% hba1c.
You are right in saying that it supports reducing further than 6%