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<blockquote data-quote="LivingLightly" data-source="post: 2695704" data-attributes="member: 572522"><p>Good evening [USER=587702]@JonW444[/USER] and welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>You cannot extrapolate from finger prick blood glucose tests or CGM readings to HbA1c results, because they measure different things.</p><p></p><p> If you perform a random finger prick test, the result depends largely on when you last ate, so provides limited information.</p><p></p><p>The most important time to test IMO is just before you take the first mouthful, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner. Then compare that first reading with the result two hours later. The second reading should be no more than 2 mmols/l above the first one and no higher than 8 mmols/l. </p><p></p><p>If you can achieve that consistently (by adjusting your carbohydate intake where necessary), your FBG levels first thing in the morning should gradually fall, but those are often the last to come down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LivingLightly, post: 2695704, member: 572522"] Good evening [USER=587702]@JonW444[/USER] and welcome to the forum. You cannot extrapolate from finger prick blood glucose tests or CGM readings to HbA1c results, because they measure different things. If you perform a random finger prick test, the result depends largely on when you last ate, so provides limited information. The most important time to test IMO is just before you take the first mouthful, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner. Then compare that first reading with the result two hours later. The second reading should be no more than 2 mmols/l above the first one and no higher than 8 mmols/l. If you can achieve that consistently (by adjusting your carbohydate intake where necessary), your FBG levels first thing in the morning should gradually fall, but those are often the last to come down. [/QUOTE]
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