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HbA1c guess time

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Fantastic result - well done 🙂
 
Thanks all! 🙂 .....now to try and lose a few pounds! 🙄
 
Hi!

Just a quick question about the H1abc or whatever it's called. All of your results are perecentages but when I got mine done recently, it was 51 with any result between 48 and 53 being good. So what's the difference between numbers and percentages?

Thanks!
 
Rollercoaster said:
Hi!

Just a quick question about the H1abc or whatever it's called. All of your results are perecentages but when I got mine done recently, it was 51 with any result between 48 and 53 being good. So what's the difference between numbers and percentages?

Thanks!
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It all got changed recently so some people get the numbers and some the percentages - and some get both! It even confuses the consultants who are used to working with percentages. In theory we should all get the numbers now. It's explained here:

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/en/Guide.../Glycated_haemoglobin_HbA1c_and_fructosamine/
 
Ah great, thanks! That's cleared it up a lot. When I was first diagnosed me result was 98 (11.1%) and me test a week ago got 51 (6.8%) which me doctor said was good. What results are ideal for diabetics? What result should I be aiming for?
 
Rollercoaster said:
Ah great, thanks! That's cleared it up a lot. When I was first diagnosed me result was 98 (11.1%) and me test a week ago got 51 (6.8%) which me doctor said was good. What results are ideal for diabetics? What result should I be aiming for?
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That's almost exactly what I got - 11.8% at diagnosis, then 6.8% a couple of months later - ever since then I've been lucky enough to keep it between 5 and 6 %, which is pretty much ideal. The risks of complications start to become greater above 6.5% according to studies, so anything around that is good to aim for.
 
Great result Phil! Congratulations 🙂
 
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