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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 543160" data-source="post: 2490674"><p>[USER=517073]@SEMKP[/USER] </p><p>I choose to rely on my actual finger prick tests as HBA1cs are <strong>calculated from 3 monthly </strong> <strong>averages</strong>,<strong> and it's quite possible for both stable glucose and erratic high and low glucose results to produce the same figures.</strong></p><p></p><p>I used the Libre 1 for a while and found its HbA1c predictions were <strong>consistently </strong>5 points lower than my actual HbA1c. My predicted HbA1cs from 90 days worth of my glucose tests are <strong>always</strong> about 2 points lower. But all their actual<strong> trends/patterns</strong> have <strong>consistently</strong> matched those of my HbA1c, and since all three measure slightly differing thing I've found these <strong><em>predictions</em></strong> accurate enough for my T2 purposes.</p><p></p><p>However the <strong>patterns</strong> my Libre sensors showed gave me extra insights of how my glucose levels were affected over long periods as opposed to my finger prick spot checks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 543160, post: 2490674"] [USER=517073]@SEMKP[/USER] I choose to rely on my actual finger prick tests as HBA1cs are [B]calculated from 3 monthly [/B] [B]averages[/B],[B] and it's quite possible for both stable glucose and erratic high and low glucose results to produce the same figures.[/B] I used the Libre 1 for a while and found its HbA1c predictions were [B]consistently [/B]5 points lower than my actual HbA1c. My predicted HbA1cs from 90 days worth of my glucose tests are [B]always[/B] about 2 points lower. But all their actual[B] trends/patterns[/B] have [B]consistently[/B] matched those of my HbA1c, and since all three measure slightly differing thing I've found these [B][I]predictions[/I][/B] accurate enough for my T2 purposes. However the [B]patterns[/B] my Libre sensors showed gave me extra insights of how my glucose levels were affected over long periods as opposed to my finger prick spot checks. [/QUOTE]
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