On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 14:51:52 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
> wrote:

>Pamela > wrote:
>> On 00:37 5 Nov 2018, Jinx the Minx > wrote in
>> news >>
>>> John Kuthe > wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 10:16:50 AM UTC-6, Cheri wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>> OK, so how do you know that it was only bad once? Is he testing
>>>>> every day? Two hours after meals for instance?
>>>>
>>>> Uh oh! All of a sudden, Cheri is an EXPERT in diabetic nursing!
>>>>
>>>> And Cheri, I'll let you know I did my elective in diabetic nursing,
>>>> so if you need to know anything in that area of nursing just ask me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What do they consider an OK A1c in the
>>>>> UK for annual test? Not trying to be a smart aleck, just curious.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheri
>>>>
>>>> 7 is the norm for an A1c level in the U.S. I don't know about
>>>> anywhere else.
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>>>>
>>>
>>> 7 is considered diabetic in the U.S.
>>
>> Some sites sites say anything over 6.5 is diabetic. It's worrying
>> someone like John who claims to have trained in diabetic nursing doesn't
>> know that.
>>
>>
>
>I agree, the threshold is much lower than 7. I just called out 7 since
>that’s the value JK said was “the norm”. It’s little wonder how medical
>errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.

In the Netherlands, for instance, 6.1-6.9 is considered pre-diabetic.
Diabetic starts at 7. Maybe just a matter of semantics.