Post Time: 2025-02-18
Error: No content files found.Does the estimated A1c from a blood sugar report = your actual A1c? (The answer may or may not make you happy) This question was asked recently by someone who was about to get their A1c drawn with their endocrinologist…. And they wanted original site to know if there were going to be any surprises. There’s really two things you need to know, from my experience as both a healthcare provider in the diabetes space as well as someone who has lived with diabetes for over 20 years and uses a continuous glucose monitor: 1. Your A1c is heavily weighted towards the most recent month. Yes, its overall a “three month average” but because it’s weighted most heavily in the most recent month, it may end up a little higher or a little lower than the estimation based on what the last 30 days were. If you’re running a lot higher the last 30 days, your A1c may be higher than the estimation and vice versa. 2. Your CGM is reading interstitial fluid, not blood. So there’s a chance that your blood sugars are not only delayed on the CGM, but the numbers may also not be accurate. As you’ve probably seen, I’ve posted just click the up coming website times where it was off by 30, recommended 40, 70, even 100 points at times, which means that if your sensor is consistently reading “off” you have a chance that your estimated A1c is not perfect. At the end of the day don’t hold fast to it. Historically it tends to skew a little bit high. So if your estimated A1c is 6.7, you may get an actual reading of 6.4 or 6.5. I’ve seen it the other direction as well, but it’s less common in my experience. So don’t treat it like the gospel.