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<blockquote data-quote="Twisticles" data-source="post: 2213493" data-attributes="member: 496546"><p>The NICE guidelines for diagnosis of T2 point to the WHO guidelines amended in 2015. </p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"The current WHO diagnostic criteria for diabetes should be maintained – fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0mmol/l (126mg/dl) or 2–h plasma glucose ≥ 11.1mmol/l (200mg/dl)."</em></p><p>Am I to understand that your diagnosis was done without any venous Fasting Plasma Glucose test? You probably want to chat with your Dr about NICE and WHO guidelines!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Happy your libre is consistent at least! As mentioned, great for spotting trends. Even better, the Libre can tell you whether you're going up or down, whereas a fingerprick is only a moment in time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> Also as mentioned, with a 15-20% tolerance on any kind of home measurement, why is it that you immediately assume the Libre is reading low, instead of your finger-prick meter running high? According to the standards they've been certified to, both are equally likely. You've never had a venous fasting plasma glucose test to identify your lab-certified fasting levels, so why assume the Libre is under and not that your meter isn't reading high? After all the gold standard for glucose levels is testing venous blood plasma, not capillary blood.</p><p></p><p>I'm genuinely trying to sift the anecdotal from the scientific - the science on the Libre is proven and certified so I don't understand why the "odds are against" it? It's certainly<em> slower</em> than a finger-prick to detect rapidly changing BG, but by less than 5mins.</p><p></p><p>Interesting independent report on the Libre accuracy is <a href="https://www.diabettech.com/diabetes/freestylelibre-the-freestyle-libre-accuracy-study-here-are-the-report-details/" target="_blank">here</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twisticles, post: 2213493, member: 496546"] The NICE guidelines for diagnosis of T2 point to the WHO guidelines amended in 2015. [INDENT][I]"The current WHO diagnostic criteria for diabetes should be maintained – fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0mmol/l (126mg/dl) or 2–h plasma glucose ≥ 11.1mmol/l (200mg/dl)."[/I][/INDENT] Am I to understand that your diagnosis was done without any venous Fasting Plasma Glucose test? You probably want to chat with your Dr about NICE and WHO guidelines! Happy your libre is consistent at least! As mentioned, great for spotting trends. Even better, the Libre can tell you whether you're going up or down, whereas a fingerprick is only a moment in time. Also as mentioned, with a 15-20% tolerance on any kind of home measurement, why is it that you immediately assume the Libre is reading low, instead of your finger-prick meter running high? According to the standards they've been certified to, both are equally likely. You've never had a venous fasting plasma glucose test to identify your lab-certified fasting levels, so why assume the Libre is under and not that your meter isn't reading high? After all the gold standard for glucose levels is testing venous blood plasma, not capillary blood. I'm genuinely trying to sift the anecdotal from the scientific - the science on the Libre is proven and certified so I don't understand why the "odds are against" it? It's certainly[I] slower[/I] than a finger-prick to detect rapidly changing BG, but by less than 5mins. Interesting independent report on the Libre accuracy is [URL='https://www.diabettech.com/diabetes/freestylelibre-the-freestyle-libre-accuracy-study-here-are-the-report-details/']here[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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