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<blockquote data-quote="searley" data-source="post: 2404818" data-attributes="member: 31377"><p>BG meters only test in that instant, so there may be times during the day/night that your BG is sitting a little high that you are not seeing... for some this can be the couple of hours prior to getting up in the morning</p><p></p><p>an average of 6.3 would give an hba1c of about 47.. plus any unseen higher readings</p><p></p><p>there are 2 other factors... home test monitors are not 100% accurate, at the most a margin of error of 15% less at lower end readings... the hba1c test also has a small margin of error too.</p><p></p><p>an hba1c is an average over the last 3 months, slightly biased toward the last month, so there could have be subtle changes in BG levels over that time as well, and i could almost guarantee that if you had 2 hba1c's 3 weeks apart you would get different readings.</p><p></p><p>i believe the diagnosis point for diabetes is 48, which indicates that an average of 6.3 is still on the slightly higher side of normal</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps a little without confusing further</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="searley, post: 2404818, member: 31377"] BG meters only test in that instant, so there may be times during the day/night that your BG is sitting a little high that you are not seeing... for some this can be the couple of hours prior to getting up in the morning an average of 6.3 would give an hba1c of about 47.. plus any unseen higher readings there are 2 other factors... home test monitors are not 100% accurate, at the most a margin of error of 15% less at lower end readings... the hba1c test also has a small margin of error too. an hba1c is an average over the last 3 months, slightly biased toward the last month, so there could have be subtle changes in BG levels over that time as well, and i could almost guarantee that if you had 2 hba1c's 3 weeks apart you would get different readings. i believe the diagnosis point for diabetes is 48, which indicates that an average of 6.3 is still on the slightly higher side of normal Hope this helps a little without confusing further [/QUOTE]
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