I used to be completely unaware that the assay used for A1c was variable. I’ll have to try that.
my buddy complained the opposite day that his Dexocom continuously undervalues his blood glucose by 5-10% (I’m not certain how related is that, however simply remembered studying your put up).
I did discover a actually good paper on the ketoamine/aldimine points. From reminiscence immunofluourescence will have a tendency to only get the ketoamine, however ion chromatography will decide up among the aldimine as nicely. Aldmine follows glucose (to some extent each methods) by about 2 hours so you will see that that HbA1c additionally metabolises in a pattern if that’s the case.
After I take a look at my outcomes it’s clear that some labs are selecting up the aldimine as nicely. They are typically within the vary 4.5-5 whereas others are within the vary 4.18-4.6. My spreadsheet clearly tracks which Lab I’m utilizing.
Glucose is difficult to measure that reliably both by fingerstick or CGM. All of them are likely to differ. Dexcoms could be calibrated, nonetheless. I’ve used Dexcom just a few occasions. I’m not diabetic, however I needed to have a baseline as to how my physique handles my regular food regimen.
