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HbA1c Information.

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I've just had a look at the site you've linked. Personally, I am very sceptical re anything said, mainly due to the fact there seems to be no way of checking out who this 'Dr' is. Let's face it, anyone can put a few letters before or after their name.

Having said that, cardiac problems, including heart attacks, are known to be an increased risk in diabetics, along with other complications, hence the reason for trying to maintain a reasonable, or better, control.

I've done a quick search using "relationship hba1c and MI uk" and there seemed to be a number of hits that might be worth you reading.

Also, I'm certain that other forum members will have some comments in due course.

Cheers
 
Looks like absolute nonsense. Let's say a 60 year old has about a 10% risk of a cardiac episode, this article suggest that an A1C of 5.6 raises it to 25%, of 6.6 to over 60%, and above that you're almost guaranteed to die the next day.
A paper by a proper doctor, Professor Christianssen, given at a copenhagen annual meeting suggested that an A1C in a non-diabetic of 5.5, compared with 4.6, represents a 24% increased risk. What this means, I believe, is that if your normal risk of cardio vascular disease (because of your age, weight etc) would have been 10%, then it would become 12.4% if your A1C went from 4.6 to 5.5. Doesn't sound so bad like that does it?
It's also worth noting that the same study suggested that a normal, non-diabetic person sees an increase in HBA1C with age once over 40 years old. It suggests that it increases by 0.6% from the age of 40 to 70. It also suggested that a normal 70 year old would have an A1C in the region of 6.2%
Malc
 
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