Type 2 Chart

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shaddy4616 said:

My results say 56 and I looked on line at a chart to get the 7.2 conversion

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That’s correct, I think in your previous post it may just have been a typing error
So that’s a tad high as you can see from the colour in the chart but far from disastrous I was 11.5 or 102 on diagnosis and I’m 14 years in with no meds diet only and on the cusp of pre diabetic.

What is your diet like? Many T2 here have found reducing their carbs or going full keto really gets their numbers down. So reducing a lot or even cutting out altogether all baked goods, flour, bread unless you buy a keto or low carb one, potatoes and below ground veg except celeriac and swede, rice, pasta and obviously cakes biscuits sweets etc

The good news is the lovely things you can eat, all meats including fatty cuts, steak pork lamb, bacon chicken with skin on etc, cheese, eggs, cream, butter, above ground veggies, salads

Also having a meter and testing before and after meals will tell you if what you ate is ok for your BG. Testing before first bite and 2 hours after and you are looking for a rise of no more than 2 - if it’s a lot higher then you need to adjust your carbs down in that meal quite a bit, if it’s just a tad over then maybe just a small tweak.

There’s a lot to digest and take in so take your time, have a good read around the forum and don’t be afraid to ask any questions

catinahat said:

Forget any comparisons for now, you are trying to compare two different units like millimetres and inches.
The 56 is a Hba1c result, it is a measurement of how much glucose has stuck to your blood cells over their lifetime of around 12 weeks.
Below 42 is normal, 42 - 47 is pre diabetic, above 47 is T2 , so at 56 you are not massively high but we'll into the diabetic range

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I don’t think that’s the case with OP (But I may be wrong) I read as they are looking at the chart and looking at the old way of the HbA1c (7.2) and the new way 56, my surgery still gives HbA1C in “old & new money” as some people apparently still work in the old way

Hi shaddy 4616 and welcome

In most of the world the measuring system used is now millimols per litre for venous blood glucose (the fingerprick test) and millimols per mol for the HbA1c. Typical "normal" values under this system would be around 3.9-7.8 mmol/l for fingerpricks (assuming fasting) and 38-42 mmol/mol for HbA1c.

However the USA still uses milligrams per decilitre (mg/dl) for venous blood glucose, and percentages for HbA1c. As the system changed only about ten years ago there are many patients (and doctors) in the UK who are used to this system and still use it. The "normal" values in this system are roughly 70-140 mg/dl and 5.5-6.0% for HbA1c.

You'll see that the figures (but not the values) unfortunately overlap. This leads to huge confusion on the internet where a lot of the posters are from the US and do not realise that there are different systems. So you'll see people saying things like "my bloods were at 6.5" meaning 6.5mmol/l, and being told by US people that that's definitely diabetic becase they understand it to mean 6.5%.

And it gets further complicated because different countries sometimes classify what the "normal" range is differently. In the UK (as above) it is 38-42 mmol/mol, and this is roughly the same in other countries. However the CDC in the USA has just decided to set its definition of "normal" at a new, lower level.


This essentially redefines everyone who would be in the "normal" range in the UK as being pre-diabetic. I'm sure this is entirely unconnected with the fact that the CDC has also just produced a new "reduce your blood glucose" program, which is now available for people to buy.