Hba1c - Normal Quotient

[Nick4344]

I had some bloods done a week or so ago and phoned the doctors for the results earlier.

Was dealt with by one of the admin staff. Said liver and ferritin to be re-tested in a month, hba1c was in normal quotient and everything else was normal. I thanked her and hung up.

Realised I didn’t ask her for the hba1c reading and called back. She said it is “50 - normal quotient”.

This confuses me. My previous 2 readings have been 47 and then 42 and that was sufficient to be categorised as type 2. How can an increase to 50 be classed as normal?

Thanks

 

[Antje77]

This doesn't sound right.
Both 47 and 42 are classed as prediabetic, 50 is just over the threshold of diabetes.
I'd ring them again to ask what they meant.

 

[Nick4344]

Thanks. Will do.

 

[bulkbiker]

I'd guess they know nothing and think that 50 is half way between 0 and 100 so it must be "normal".
Either that or really thick.
But why are admin staff giving out results with a commentary anyway?

 

[Nick4344]

I can only imagine they’ve been looked at by the doctor and noted accordingly, and the admin is reading that. Can’t be any other reason. I wonder when they were going to tell me I needed to have a retest of liver and ferritin in a months time

 

[Mrs T 123]

Usually over 48 is classed as diabetic

 

[Nick4344]

I’ve had a bad lockdown and Christmas. Need to buck my ideas up

 

[HSSS]

Mine say normal for a diagnosed diabetic. They have less ambitious targets for us and assume we will fail. They just try to limit by how much.

 

[Nick4344]

That’s a scary thought

 

[Nick4344]

Apparently it means it’s normal for me...........