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MikeZ

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Location
Southern Oregon USA
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
I can't seem to find the formula or chart to convert US A1c numbers to UK and vice versa. What does my US 5.8 mean in UK numbers?
 
MikeZ said:
I can't seem to find the formula or chart to convert US A1c numbers to UK and vice versa. What does my US 5.8 mean in UK numbers?
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Here you go

HbA1c Units Converter - DCCT to IFCC

Since June 2011, the way HbA1c values are reported has switched from a percentage to a measurement in mmols/mol.
www.diabetes.co.uk

Looks like 40mmol/mol to me.
 
MikeZ said:
I can't seem to find the formula or chart to convert US A1c numbers to UK and vice versa. What does my US 5.8 mean in UK numbers?
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I like this chart (and have it saved on my computer).
It converts both hba1c from mmol/mol to %, and blood glucose numbers from mmol/l to mg/dl.

 
MikeZ said:
What does my US 5.8 mean in UK numbers?
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It converts to a hba1c of 40 in the UK, and to make things even more confusing, this is just over the prediabetic threshold in the US but just under the prediabetic threshold in the UK.

Either way, you do not have diabetes with this result, and keeping a bit of an eye on your foods is likely enough to keep it that way.
 
MikeZ said:
Thank you! Now I can understand what my UK friends are saying about their results!
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Hopefully you are also good at multiplying by 18 to understand their blood sugar readings.
 
EllieM said:
Hopefully you are also good at multiplying by 18 to understand their blood sugar readings.
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Or you just use a chart like I do.
I have a lot of experience discussing diabetes all over the world but my mental tables of multiplication definitely don't go up to 18. In fact, they always get stuck with the tables of 7 and 8 and I'll need fingers to count. 18 is close to impossible without pen and paper.

This is another chart I regularly use instead of relying on my own math(s) skills.

 
Antje77 said:
………….but my mental tables of multiplication definitely don't go up to 18. 18 is close to impossible without pen and paper.
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Who uses pen and paper these days? Haven’t you a calculator on your phone? Saying that I have taken a screenshot of your very useful tables so thanks for that
 
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