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<blockquote data-quote="catinahat" data-source="post: 2294881" data-attributes="member: 155453"><p>You are comparing the results from 2 different types of test. Our monitors are measuring the electrical resistance of a drop of blood. The Hba1c is measuring the amount of glucose that is attached to the red blood cells over their lifetime. They call it a sort of average because the blood cells last around 12 weeks but obviously we are all different. Two people could have exactly the same finger prick average but if one's red blood cells kick the bucket after say 10 weeks and the other person's hang around for maybe 13 weeks their Hba1c's would be very different.</p><p>So what I'm trying to say is that in my opinion ,trust your meter it's giving you real time data and a real mathematical average.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catinahat, post: 2294881, member: 155453"] You are comparing the results from 2 different types of test. Our monitors are measuring the electrical resistance of a drop of blood. The Hba1c is measuring the amount of glucose that is attached to the red blood cells over their lifetime. They call it a sort of average because the blood cells last around 12 weeks but obviously we are all different. Two people could have exactly the same finger prick average but if one's red blood cells kick the bucket after say 10 weeks and the other person's hang around for maybe 13 weeks their Hba1c's would be very different. So what I'm trying to say is that in my opinion ,trust your meter it's giving you real time data and a real mathematical average. [/QUOTE]
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