Change to HbA1c reporting

[LittleSue]

A newsflash about this came round at work, I hadn't heard before. Apparently from 31st May there's a change to the way HbA1c results are reported. May reduce confusion for newbies who leave the surgery with a number such as 8 but don't know whether it's HbA1c or random glucose.

Here's a link:
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/News_Landing_Page/Change-in-how-HbA1c-results-are-reported/

Basically this means:

Old HbA1c number (%) = will be expresed as (mmol/mol)
Old 6.0 = new 42
Old 6.5 = 48
Old 7.0 = 53
Old 7.5 = 59
Old 8.0 = 64
Old 9.0 = 75

So, the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Universe was right - 42 [or less] is the answer to life, the universe and everything!

 

[sugarless sue]

There is now a converter on Diabetes UK ,try this link.

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-dia ... ctosamine/

 

[davenol2]

but of course all results will be given in the old and new systems for a couple of years

 

[Dennis]

With the "old" measurement it was possible to convert the HBA1C % figure into an equivalent average mmol/l figure. However, the new measurement is in mmol per mol, not per litre. So my question to all you physicists out there is how do you convert mmol/mol into mmol/l?