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macchiatto
macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
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What range of A1C results is considered "high normal"? I tried googling but didn't find a clear answer.

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  • Truegoddess22
    Truegoddess22 Posts: 94 Member
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    Not sure. Hope you find the answers you're looking for. I think it depends on the individual though. What's considered a "high normal" for you may not be the case for someone else. Good luck.
  • sweetsorrow18
    sweetsorrow18 Posts: 54 Member
    edited November 2014
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    6.7 is the best, >10 is BAD

    I'm an eye doctor and we look at the HbA1c in diabetics as a marker for diabetic complications in the eye
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
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    sweetsorrow18 wrote: »
    6.7 is the best, >10 is BAD

    I'm an eye doctor and we look at the HbA1c in diabetics as a marker for diabetic complications in the eye

    I'm pretty sure 6.7 is only considered good for a Diabetic who was previously not in control. All the sources I'm finding say 4-6 is the ideal range, with low 4s being optimal.
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
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    Yeah, from what I read 5.8 is where "prediabetes" range starts.
    Mine was 5.4. I wasn't sure if that would be "high normal" or not.
    Low 4's seems super low! I will keep working. :)
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
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    macchiatto wrote: »
    Yeah, from what I read 5.8 is where "prediabetes" range starts.
    Mine was 5.4. I wasn't sure if that would be "high normal" or not.
    Low 4's seems super low! I will keep working. :)

    Yeah, I thought the same thing re: 4s. That equates to something like low 70s to high 60s mg/dl in the charts I found. Considering danger levels are sub-50, that strikes me as really low. Thankfully, that's the low end of the range, so even high 4s and low 5s would be considered good.

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