update on course results....

[Medusa]

kind of...

on my blood test machine thingy when you go to scroll thro the remembered results an average comes up first.... when i first started this freedom for life course mine was 10.2 or something... although i had decent enough overall control the odd really high was dragging it up... i have been watching this drop week on week until now it is 8.9.... this has to be good ..... plus it encourages me to carry on with the carb counting etc ... always nice to be able to see a change so clearly (although i know this prob has no relation to my hba1c i am hoping that will drop a little too as you know )

 

[Northerner]

Well done Claire 🙂 If you can continue to maintain or lower that average then you will almost certainly see a much-improved HbA1c 🙂 Looks like you are really benefiting from the course!

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Sounds very positive Claire 🙂 Glad to hear numbers and motivation are going in the right direction.

 

[ukjohn]

Well done Claire.. Looking good.


John.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Great news Claire!

Knocking out those occasional high highs if brilliant as it will reduce your overall glucose variability. I read last year that a tighter range (even if higher) seems to be better than a lower average but wobblier graph.

Onward and downward!

 

[Ellie Jones]

Sounds like you'll doing well and improving indeed...

As to your meter averages and HbA1'c...

A lot depends on how many tests has been done, and what happened between tests... to how reflective to the HbA1c's

But these meter averages can be very useful if viewed in the right way...

If you note them down before you have your HbA1c bloods taken, over-time and if you've been testing constantly enough... It can give you a rough idea what to expect...

But in the main, they useful for reasons you'll doing now..

Checking them out, see what your overall picture is like, and are you heading in the right directions.. If you get a large shift one way or the other, then you can look back to see if you getting too many lows or highs..

Another thing to look at if you've got it available on your meter, is the SD (standard division) this will give you some indication how tight your control is... The higher the number the more you are fluctuating from low to high...

But what I always say is this...

Look after the day to day control and the HbA1c will look after it's self!

If your day to day is good, then your HbA1c will be..

 

[novorapidboi26]

Another thing to look at if you've got it available on your meter, is the SD (standard division) this will give you some indication how tight your control is... The higher the number the more you are fluctuating from low to high...

Is this similar or the same as standard deviation? What meter provides this? Is there any websites that detail it in the diabetes context?

 

[Ellie Jones]

ahhh.... The delight of being Dyslexic 😱

It was standard deviation I meant😱

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Is this similar or the same as standard deviation? What meter provides this? Is there any websites that detail it in the diabetes context?

You can get SD from Excel easily enough if you export your results. Using the formula:

=STDEV(B2:B100)

Where the column 'B' holds results in rows 2 - 100

The Expert (and Combo) offers SD, as does the app for the iBG Star. Not sure about any others.

What I *love* about SD is that it shows in the same units as what is being measured.

Ideally SD should be one third of the average or less, so if your BG average was 6 (I can dream) with an SD of 2 then almost all of your results would be between 4 and 8 (- and + the SD figure from the average).

If your average was 6 but the SD 3.5, then it suggests poorer control (mostly in the range 2.5 - 9.5)

 

[Northerner]

...Ideally SD should be one third of the average or less, so if your BG average was 6 (I can dream) with an SD of 2 then almost all of your results would be between 4 and 8 (- and + the SD figure from the average). ...

[showing off]My SD for the past week is 1.1[/showing off] 😉

 

[Medusa]

well i know they have been tighter only the odd 3.8 but also only the odd one in double figures too.... the sd thing looks a tad complicated lol

 

[novorapidboi26]

You can get SD from Excel easily enough if you export your results. Using the formula:

=STDEV(B2:B100)

Where the column 'B' holds results in rows 2 - 100

The Expert (and Combo) offers SD, as does the app for the iBG Star. Not sure about any others.

What I *love* about SD is that it shows in the same units as what is being measured.

Ideally SD should be one third of the average or less, so if your BG average was 6 (I can dream) with an SD of 2 then almost all of your results would be between 4 and 8 (- and + the SD figure from the average).

If your average was 6 but the SD 3.5, then it suggests poorer control (mostly in the range 2.5 - 9.5)

Thanks for this Mike, this has added a previously unknown measurable dimension to my blood sugar control.......

I record my daily averages on a spreadsheet, with each month having its own sheet and graphs detailing my blood sugar and calorie intake. Would it be effective to work out the deviation of my averages, or, would I get a better picture working out the deviation on a daily basis...?