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Hba1C - does average apply?

noblehead said:
They look great Hba1c's Kat, what's do you mean by ''18% 18 months.''

TBH I think that everyday bg control is more important than the Hba1c figure, that is why having access to a bg meter and strips is crucial for all diabetics.
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Hi nobblehead ...Thank you ...in new money my BG were in the 100's 18 months ago .... Hence the 18 % hope that makes sense ...
Old money for me though ....I never was good with maths :/ I understand the old money so much better ....
My goal is to keep the numbers where they are that is the challenge ....Thank you ..best wishes ..Kat
 
Scardoc said:
Scientific question - what constitutes a prolonged period of exposure to high BG levels? You could say that a Hba1c of 6.1% represents a consistently low, almost normal BG level with some prolonged periods of exposure to high BG levels which you would expect in a diabetic.

So what kind of exposure to high BG levels would cause glycated haemoglobin? 2 hours? 6 hours?

I am coming from this at a completely ignorant angle so genuinely have no idea. Let's say my Hba1c was running nicely at 6.0% and three days before the blood test I had high bloods, struggling to keep them under 8. I've got 8 weeks worth of "good" red blood cells in there but what impact would 3 days "bad" cells have? 6.2%? 6.6%? Or virtually none at all?

Interesting.
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I'm only going on personal experience on this, as I've gradually brought my HbA1c from the 9s to the low 6s. It's pretty qualitative. I was looking at my old blood glucose diaries the other day during a clear out and this is how it worked out for me:

Most of the day, or most nights high...HbA1c 8s/9s
High a few hours each day, or a few hours every other day...HbA1c 7s
A low high for a few hours once per week...HbA1c 6s
I'd guess that to get an HbA1c in the 5s your looking at a few hours per month, or every 6 weeks; I wouldn't know, though!

I count a high as anything that is double figures and a low high as a 10 or 11.
 
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