I have a Freestyle Lite and it reads in old values, 5.6, 6.7, 8.9 etc
Do any meters read in percentages?
HbA1c is now in percentages and it's getting confusing.
I have a Freestyle Lite and it reads in old values, 5.6, 6.7, 8.9 etc
Do any meters read in percentages?
HbA1c is now in percentages and it's getting confusing.
Hba1c is a measure of the glucose percentage concentration in the red blood cells only, ie.if 100% the red blood cell is completely saturated with glucose. Because red blood cells live for up to 3 months it is used as means of measuring your average glucose levels over extended period. In reality Hba1c gives a result biased towards your performance over a three weeks to a month.
Your meter reading is a snap shot measure of the glucose dissolved in your blood the concentration in your blood is completey different from that in red blood cells.