Tue, Mar-09-21, 14:45
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Plan: Atkins-ish, post-WLS
Stats: 408.0/288.0/168.0
BF:
Progress: 50%
Location: Southern Colorado, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by teaser
What's described in the study is an initial visit to the clinic, then a later follow up. So are we working from just two measurements of HBA1C? What percentage of people with a right on the high end of normal HBA1C at a single visit just went through a month where there were more office birthday parties than usual, or something? An occasional 5.8 in a non-diabetic with no real risk of diabetes isn't that unusual. Two screenings five years apart weren't that predictive--getting screened at every doctor visit doesn't need to be predictive, it simply measures what's going on.
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Concur. As with many things that get published, the data on which the "findings" are based often don't rise much above anecdotal speculation.
If you have a borderline A1c, the response should usually be, "Okay, this is a bit higher than normal, but that may or may not mean anything. Let's check it again in six months to a year and, if it's still up, we'll monitor it even more closely and discuss what, if any, actions we'd like to take."
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