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<blockquote data-quote="Squire Fulwood" data-source="post: 407756" data-attributes="member: 44622"><p>Has anyone correlated .............?</p><p></p><p>The problem is that if you regard your sugar levels as a graph that goes up and down during the course of the day then the test strips only take a snapshot of that graph 2/3/4 times a day. You might test a peak or a trough as you choose but in each case you don't know at any given moment whether the graph is going up or down.</p><p></p><p>The shape of the graph is governed by a number of things, eating, what was eaten, GI of what was eaten, space between meals, liver rush etc. You would need a lot of strips to get a complete and accurate graph. Averaging the instantaneous readings you take is not ideal even though it is helpful.</p><p></p><p>The Hba1c is an average of your blood sugar level for the last three months or so and it is not a series of instantaneous readings. It is considered more accurate for this reason.</p><p></p><p>I spent many months lowering my average test strip readings and got my Hba1c down to 42 and when I tried less hard my Hba1c rose to 46 as per my signature. There is definitely a relationship but for the reasons given above it would be impossible to make a chart showing this. The fingers would probably not take the strain either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Squire Fulwood, post: 407756, member: 44622"] Has anyone correlated .............? The problem is that if you regard your sugar levels as a graph that goes up and down during the course of the day then the test strips only take a snapshot of that graph 2/3/4 times a day. You might test a peak or a trough as you choose but in each case you don't know at any given moment whether the graph is going up or down. The shape of the graph is governed by a number of things, eating, what was eaten, GI of what was eaten, space between meals, liver rush etc. You would need a lot of strips to get a complete and accurate graph. Averaging the instantaneous readings you take is not ideal even though it is helpful. The Hba1c is an average of your blood sugar level for the last three months or so and it is not a series of instantaneous readings. It is considered more accurate for this reason. I spent many months lowering my average test strip readings and got my Hba1c down to 42 and when I tried less hard my Hba1c rose to 46 as per my signature. There is definitely a relationship but for the reasons given above it would be impossible to make a chart showing this. The fingers would probably not take the strain either. [/QUOTE]
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