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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hanadr" data-source="post: 98340" data-attributes="member: 8110">Hi eggie I'm confused, but I may be able to clear up a bit of your confusion.There are 2 entirely different tests involved in what you write. HbA1c, which measures what's been happening to your blood glucose levels over the previous 120 days; it involves a syringe full of blood, which is sent off t the hospital. If yours is 5.2% it's at the higher level of NON-diabetic or lower level of diabetic. AVERAGE for non-diabetics is 5.1%. Average for diabetics is about 8% I believe. Desirable for non-diabetics is about 4.5%. the other test is  blood glucose. this is the one you do yourself with your meter. It tells you how much glucose is circulating NOW. Non-diabetics tend to have results close to 5mmol/l they don't vary by much. the ONLY true diagnostic test for diabetes is the Oral Glucose tolerance test or OGTT. there's an overlap between diabetes and non . I wonder if your doctor realises this. He/She doesn't seem clued up. Hana</blockquote>

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