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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1284370" data-attributes="member: 52527">This page discusses the relationship between HbA1c and retinopathy:<a href="http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/prevention/hba1c_and_retinopathy.htm" target="_blank">http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/prevention/hba1c_and_retinopathy.htm</a>It says:-<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">... if your diabetes is controlled (HbA1c less than about 53mmol/ l (7%) retinopathy may never develop, or develop very slowly</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> ... the lower the better, so if your HbA1c is 53mmol/ l (7%), you will develop retinopathy at a much slower rate than someone whose level is 75mmol/ l (9.0%) ... each percentage point (10mmol/l) of HbA1c translates into a massive 37% difference in progression rate, your retinopathy will be 2 x 37%, = 74% slower, to develop</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Retinopathy may develop after 14 years of poorly controlled type 1 diabetes (type 2 less than 14 years as it may be diagnosed late)</li> </ul></blockquote>

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