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Thread: difference between "A1c" and "glycated hemoglobin"?

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04-12-2008, 10:42 AM

Eddy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by xMenace

I hope you don't put 100% faith in any lab test. I sure don't. lab test errors - Google Search

Nope.

But both tests were performed at the hospital, within 24 hours of one another. And 12.9 and 19.0 are very different numbers. And, again, the reference ranges differed significantly...

...so I wondered if anyone else had any clues. I thought that I might be overlooking something simple and obvious.

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Eddy

DXed 2007/04 = advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3
post-DX A1c = 5.4% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
c-peptide = 0.0% @ 2008/07
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = 4U human N @ 0630, 7U human N @ 1130, 7U human N @ 1630, 17U detemir @ 2030
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N

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