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Hbalc conversion table

Southbeds

Southbeds

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After testing my BS levels I refer to a .pdf I have down loaded from Basildon & Thurrock ,University Hospitals to check my numbers, they are usually in the green and blue section, does anybody else use it? I assume it is correct coming from the hospital
 
Southbeds said:
After testing my BS levels I refer to a .pdf I have down loaded from Basildon & Thurrock ,University Hospitals to check my numbers, they are usually in the green and blue section, does anybody else use it? I assume it is correct coming from the hospital
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I would assume its correct too. Are you wanting to convert your home BG testing numbers into what an HbA1c result would be? Are you getting your HbA1c tested say every 6 months as well?
 
CatLadyNZ said:
I would assume its correct too. Are you wanting to convert your home BG testing numbers into what an HbA1c result would be? Are you getting your HbA1c tested say every 6 months as well?
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Yes the the.pdf is colour coded and tell you how you are doing mostly excellent and good for me but some of the numbers seem high to me 7.2 is shown as good although I don't have the experience to now if that is good or no so good.yes I will be going back the the doctors another test soon
 
Southbeds said:
Yes the the.pdf is colour coded and tell you how you are doing mostly excellent and good for me but some of the numbers seem high to me 7.2 is shown as good although I don't have the experience to now if that is good or no so good.yes I will be going back the the doctors another test soon
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The healthy range for blood glucose for a T2 diabetic is 4-7mmol/L, and no more 8.5 at 2 hours after a meal.
For HbA1c, the usual target is 6.5%, so 7.2% is a little bit above the target.

This is where I got the above info from, and it includes some more about it:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html
 
@Southbeds,
do you have a web address for that PDF?
A lot of us here, especially the lower carbers, set ourselve a stricter limit than is set by NICE/NHS due to the fact that have to live with the long term effects of higher BGs.
 
I just googled Hbalc converter and found baspath there where a few of them
 
Hi, was just going to ask for a link too, (@CollieBoy) but here it is, in case anyone wants to see or download it.

@Southbeds : I use the NICE recommendations from the main Diabetes UK site as a guide to daily testing levels, which may possibly be a better bet for you since the HbA1c figure is an average over 3 months, so won't directly relate to our individual testing levels.

Robbity
 
Hi .I use it on my desktop for quick reference not do much for the Hbalc numbers but for the excellent, good, poor etc .is it worth using on a daily basis
 
To clarify: the LHS figures on your table are HbA1c percentage figures and are not the same as the mmol/L figures that you get from your meter, so can't be used as such.

To quote form Diabetes UK (http://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html) : "HbA1c can be expressed as a percentage (DCCT unit) or as a value in mmol/mol (IFCC unit). Since 2009, mmol/mol has been the default unit to use in the UK.


Note that the HbA1c value, which is measured in mmol/mol, should not be confused with a blood glucose level which is measured in mmol/l. Use our HbA1c conversion tool to help with switching between the two measurement units."

So we have three different numbers:
  • our meter figures: e.g. 6.2mmol/L
  • HbA1c percentage: e.g. 6.2% is the result of an average glucose level from meter readings of 7.3mmol/L
  • HbA1c (average of 6.2mmol/L): gives results of 5.5% or 36.7mmol/mol, and a figure of 6.2mmol/mol would give you an average meter reading of 1.7mmol/L which would have you in serious trouble to put it mildly! :wideyed::wideyed:
That really taxed my brain, so I hope I've got it right!. But what it basically means is that if you use the LHS % (percentage) figures in your table as being equal to your meter reading, you won't get any accurate information - it's like comparing apples and potatoes. What you actually need are the recommended levels I linked to in my previous post, which although not in such a nice pretty format do give you ranges of you meter readings (mmol/L) that you should be aiming for (or improving on!). It is very confusing and got me completed flummoxed when I was first diagnosed.

Robbity
 
Just used diabetes .co.UK blood suger converter and 7.2 shows normal I think I will stick with that
 
Even better I now have a blood suger checker app button on my home screen downloaded from diabetic.co.uk
 
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