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c/t2dglp1·submitted 8 months ago by u/arne_nyberg

[Discussion] can we stop arguing about T2D until somebody posts a number

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can we stop arguing about T2D until somebody posts a number. I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source. Postprandial excursions typically respond earlier than fasting glucose, so the sequence people observe is not a sign that something is not working. Sensor accuracy varies across wear, and…

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u/ice_pack_auditcold chain42 points·8 months ago

A1c reflects average glycaemia over roughly the preceding three months, weighted towards the most recent weeks. It cannot show variability and it lags any change you make.

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u/arne_amankwah20 points·8 months ago

A1c reflects average glycaemia over roughly the preceding three months, weighted towards the most recent weeks.

This is the distinction that resolves most of the confusion here — average versus shape.

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u/a1c_arcT2D17 points·8 months ago

sensor accuracy varies and the first day of a sensor is the worst

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u/hugo_norgaard14 points·8 months ago

a single high reading is not a trend

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u/tomas_lokken25 points·8 months ago

Kept fingersticks alongside the sensor for two weeks to sanity-check it. Worth doing once.

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u/tomas_lundgren10 points·8 months ago

time in range is the more informative number and it is newer

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