Don't understand hbac1

sarahjo88

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• Jun 23, 2016

• #1

I was diagnosed with a hbac1 of 74, but I don't understand what that is? What would it be in the terms of when I do my own bg?
Thanks just trying to understand this as much as I can x


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Clivethedrive

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• Jun 23, 2016

• #2

Hi sarahjo88, the hba1c is an indicator of your bs's over the last three months


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catherinecherub

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• Jun 23, 2016

• #3

A chart for you to compare @sarahjo88
http://baspath.co.uk/Hba1c_table.pdf

 

Snapsy

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• Jun 23, 2016

• #4

Hi @sarahjo88 - have a look at this. The 74 figure is in mmol/mol. This conversion chart shows you the conversion to mmol/l, which are the units that our blood glucose meters use.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-units-converter.html

Somewhere there is a brilliant coloured chart showing all the figures graphically - I can find it this second but I think I recall @Brunneria posting it a while back.

 

Brunneria

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• Jun 23, 2016

• #5

Here you go:

 

Bluetit1802

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• Jun 23, 2016

• #6

Basically, your HbA1c of 74 equates to an average of 11.6mmol/l as per your meter readings.