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<blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 694625" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>Think of your Hba1c as a weighted average. </p><p></p><p>What the Hba1C is measuring is effectively the number of cells with glucose attached versus the total number of cells, which is the percentage value. For the sake of argument, for each minute that your blood sugar is above 0mmol/l, glucose is attached to red cells. A normal, non-diabetic will have a range within which the percentage falls, which equates to ~<em>3.8-6.6</em>mmol/l. With every mmol/l you are above that number, proportionally more glucose is attached and every minute below, proportionally less.</p><p></p><p>Diabetic medical practitioners believe that diabetics are unable to manage a blood glucose level without severe spikes, and the inference from this is that in order to have a low hba1c, you must spend a lot of time below the "normal" level in order to even out your readings. Those with CGM like technology will know this isn't necessarily true...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim2000s, post: 694625, member: 30007"] Think of your Hba1c as a weighted average. What the Hba1C is measuring is effectively the number of cells with glucose attached versus the total number of cells, which is the percentage value. For the sake of argument, for each minute that your blood sugar is above 0mmol/l, glucose is attached to red cells. A normal, non-diabetic will have a range within which the percentage falls, which equates to ~[I]3.8-6.6[/I]mmol/l. With every mmol/l you are above that number, proportionally more glucose is attached and every minute below, proportionally less. Diabetic medical practitioners believe that diabetics are unable to manage a blood glucose level without severe spikes, and the inference from this is that in order to have a low hba1c, you must spend a lot of time below the "normal" level in order to even out your readings. Those with CGM like technology will know this isn't necessarily true... [/QUOTE]
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