Why HbA1c and Home Blood Sugar Readings May Not Match One of the more confusing situations I see is a patient whose home glucose readings look fairly good but whose HbA1c is higher than expected — or the opposite, with frequent high glucose readings but a surprisingly normal HbA1c. When this happens, I do not […]

High Fasting Blood Sugar but Normal HbA1c: What Does It Mean? If your fasting blood sugar is high but your HbA1c is normal, you may wonder which result you should believe. I would not automatically dismiss either test. Fasting glucose and HbA1c measure different aspects of glucose control, and it is possible for one to […]

What Does an HbA1c of 6.5% Mean? If your HbA1c result is 6.5%, you have reached an important diagnostic threshold. For a nonpregnant adult, 6.5% is the level at which HbA1c enters the diabetes range. But I would still want to know whether this is your first abnormal result, whether you have symptoms, what your […]