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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 125211" data-attributes="member: 12578">The equivalent of 5.6 % Hb A1C is actually  6.3 mmol/l eAG,  7.2 % HB A1C is 8.9 mmol/l eAG.  and 8.5 % A1C is 11.0 mmol/l eAG (according to the 'official'  ADA conversion chart devised after recent research into it). <a href="http://professional.diabetes.org/GlucoseCalculator.aspx" target="_blank">http://professional.diabetes.org/GlucoseCalculator.aspx</a>The old figures aren't   as straight forward as some people think.  Many people get the idea that  an Hb A1c of say 6% is  the same as an average of 6mmol/l.  It isn't and even an estimated average is only applicable to an 'average' person, some people glycate 'better' than others, some people have longer lasting red blood cells and some people have fewer red blood cells. If you use mg/dl, as does much of the world  outside the UK, Canada and Australia, this similarity of numbers disappears anyway. My latest HbA1c was 5.6%  and that reflects an estimated average of 114 mg/dl eAG. (in that supposed average peson).There is no way an ordinary person would look at the figures and see a relationship., they'd have to use a calculator.I'm sure people will get used to these  new reporting figures in the UK. What is  more indicative  is the trend upward or downward and the variability  between tests.  (which is why I think that they should be done at a minimum of 6 monthly intervals)</blockquote>

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