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Stepping Out For IDDT


Stepping Out For IDDT

Winter’s over and the better weather is here, so maybe it’s time to help yourself and IDDT – by walking in our Stepping Out Campaign. Last year our members took over 1 million steps which helped to raise awareness of diabetes and helped them to take more exercise!

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HbA1c Converter

This is just to remind you that the HbA1c measurements have changed. Well, they were supposed to change everywhere but predictably this doesn't appear to be the case. Some people and some articles are still using the old measurements so it is important that we are aware of both.

Here is a table showing the current DCCT measurements, the proposed new IFCC measurements, and the average blood glucose measurements you can expect to be associated with each particular level of HbA1c

HbA1c (DCCT) Current measurement (%)

HbA1c (IFCC) Measurement from June 2011 (mmol/mol)

Average blood glucose level for this HbA1c, mmol/L

6

42

7.0 (range 5.5-8.5)

7

53

8.6 (range 6.8-10.3)

8

64

10.2 (range 8.1-12.1)

9

75

11.8 (range 9.4-13.9)

10

86

13.4 (range 10.7-15.7)

11

97

14.9 (range 12.0-17.5)

12

108

16.5 (range 13.3-19.3)

13

119

18.6 (range 14.6-21.1)