HbA1c Vs eAG

Type 2
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Heine said the discovery will prove to be a valuable education tool. When health-care professionals set goals based on eAG units, then patients will know how close they are to reaching their goals every day when they test at home with self-monitoring, he said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060701390.html

Here is a calculator for conversion to eAG.

http://www.obfocus.com/calculators/HemoglobinA1C.htm

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thanks for the info and sites. It is very interesting.

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the interesting things about this are the change in both A1C measurement method and “normal” A1C range… and how high a currently-“normal” A1C would suggest one’s eAg is.