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Thread: Whole blood or Plasma?

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05-14-2008, 07:47 AM

Simon

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Whole blood or Plasma?

I'm sure this has come up lots of times but if a "normal" fasting blood glucose is 4 mmol/l to 7 mmol/l, does this refer to plasma or whole blood? I thought it was whole blood and am somewhat shocked to discover that my OneTouch Ultra 2 measures blood plasma so reading about 12% higher than for whole blood.

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