Diabetes measurement levels

[VinnyJames]

Are the HbA1c measurement levels standardised? Or are there different ones for different countries?

Am thinking USA here...

As a UK newly diagnosed T2 I'm only just beginning to interpret my first results which were 7.2% or 55mmo/L

I was led to believe that was quite a high reading but now am thinking its not that high in UK (or any countries) terms.

Am still on a learning curve here.................

 

[phoenix]

HbA1c is a standardised test. In the US and many other countries they still report as percentage rather than mmol/mol.

HbA1c reflects your average glucose levels over about the last 3 months. There is a convertor to estimated average glucose levels here:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html ( 7.2% is an estimated average of 8.9mmol/l)


The US and again many other countries use a different unit for measuring the immediate glucose in blood (ie as in a fasting glucose test or on a glucose meter). They use mg/dl rather than the mmol/l you will see in the UK.

to convert mg/dl - mmol/ l divide by 18 and multiply by 18 to change mmol/l to mg/dl
so 8.9mmol/l= 160mg/dl