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<blockquote data-quote="SamJB" data-source="post: 655231" data-attributes="member: 45322"><p>The week preceding your HbA1c will contribute around 8% of the HbA1c value, therefore any anomalous highs in that period will contribute to your HbA1c. Saying that, the error on your HbA1c measurement is around 2% (i.e. your result would have been 5+/-0.1%), so you have a 50% chance that your result was in the 4%s.</p><p></p><p>Personally, however, I wouldn't even entertain the idea of having levels that low and tight. First, because large-scale studies have shown that the risk of complications is at unity with the non-diabetic population at an HbA1c of around 6.5%; there's negligible reason to aim significantly lower than that. Secondly, if your BGs are persistently in the 4s (which they probably are for the HbA1c level you are aiming at), then you are at a high risk of losing your hypo symptoms and therefore at an increased risk or mortality from having a serious hypo. Finally, for me, it would be unbearable to have control that tight. Sometimes I like to have a cheeky beer, or go out to restaurants to eat, or participate in something else that may raises my BGs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SamJB, post: 655231, member: 45322"] The week preceding your HbA1c will contribute around 8% of the HbA1c value, therefore any anomalous highs in that period will contribute to your HbA1c. Saying that, the error on your HbA1c measurement is around 2% (i.e. your result would have been 5+/-0.1%), so you have a 50% chance that your result was in the 4%s. Personally, however, I wouldn't even entertain the idea of having levels that low and tight. First, because large-scale studies have shown that the risk of complications is at unity with the non-diabetic population at an HbA1c of around 6.5%; there's negligible reason to aim significantly lower than that. Secondly, if your BGs are persistently in the 4s (which they probably are for the HbA1c level you are aiming at), then you are at a high risk of losing your hypo symptoms and therefore at an increased risk or mortality from having a serious hypo. Finally, for me, it would be unbearable to have control that tight. Sometimes I like to have a cheeky beer, or go out to restaurants to eat, or participate in something else that may raises my BGs. [/QUOTE]
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