On Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:38:48 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 20:15:45 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
> wrote:
>
>>Cheri > wrote:
>>> "Jinx the Minx" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>> Pamela > wrote:
>>>>> On 00:37 5 Nov 2018, Jinx the Minx > wrote in
>>>>> news >>>>>
>>>>>> John Kuthe > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> My doc, fairly young from India, wants to have type 2's shoot for 6.5 or
>>> lower with the A1c, even into the 5's ideally.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>>
>>I’m no doctor but I am a T2, and I agree with that! My last A1C was 5.4.
>
>Guidelines have recently been revised based on long term studies of
>risks and benefits. The suggestion used to be lower HbA1C levels in
>thinking that it would help reduce microvascular complications.
>Studies have not borne that out, thought so...
>
>T2 goals are now between 7.0 and 8.0.
>
>http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/26...nt-adults-type

Well, there you go.