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Looking for an easy converter for glucose scales

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Evening all

Quick question please from a newbie

My meter uses a scale whereby my typical readings during the day vary between 7 and 10

I had my bloods taken and my results were given as 66!

So, is there a nice converter somewhere that will let me translate the 66 into the scale I am used to per my meter?

Grateful for your advice

Cheers
R
 
With a quick Google search, I found this https://www.hba1cnet.com/hba1c-calculator/
BUT ...
bear in mind this is an approximation of the average of your blood sugar 24 hours a day for the last 3 months (with a bias towards the last month) and you are not seeing what your levels are doing between finger pricks.
 
Hi webhead, welcome to the forum.
The readings you get from your finger prick monitor are in mmol/l and are a snapshot of your blood glucose level at the moment in time but the result from your HbA1C blood sample from your arm is a 3 month average of your levels in mmol/mol. They are measuring something different so you should not really be trying to convert one to the other.
 
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