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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 527103" data-source="post: 2610107">My point is that HBA1C reflects an average and does not take into consideration major swings. You could get a similar HBA1C if your levels are between 4 and 8 most of the time or if they regularly vary between 2 and 15. Clearly the former is preferable. Hence, the HBA1C is rather a crude measurement and the average time within range is now considered a better measurement. Unfortunately, it cannot be used universally until CGMs are universal.Time in Range also feels to me as something that I can manage on a daily basis whereas, with HBA1C being a 3 month average, changes to daily diabetes management are not seen soon enough. For example, I can learn from my Libre graphs that my breakfast always spikes me over 10 so I should take my bolus earlier to flatten the curve.</blockquote>

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