For those of you who have been wondering how accurate those over the counter A1c tests are...
DH was diagnosed 3 months ago, his A1c was 6.7 He has been pretty good these past 3 months, hasn't cheated much at all, but he was concerned that his next A1c might be high, so he bought an A1CNow test kit. The kit said you will get the very same results as you would if blood is drawn from your veins and tested in a lab. So the test showed an A1c of 6.1 which made him very happy, of course.
Well, the next day the nurse drew blood for his test and it came back 6.3 Instead of being happy with the drop, he was unhappy because he had been expecting the 6.1 But I am very pleased.
The information sheet that came with the kit says that 50% of an A1c test reflects your bg for the past 2 months, 25% reflects your bg for the past 3 months, and 25% reflects your bg from before that, but they didn't specify how many months before.
DH was diagnosed 3 months ago, his A1c was 6.7 He has been pretty good these past 3 months, hasn't cheated much at all, but he was concerned that his next A1c might be high, so he bought an A1CNow test kit. The kit said you will get the very same results as you would if blood is drawn from your veins and tested in a lab. So the test showed an A1c of 6.1 which made him very happy, of course.
Well, the next day the nurse drew blood for his test and it came back 6.3 Instead of being happy with the drop, he was unhappy because he had been expecting the 6.1 But I am very pleased.
The information sheet that came with the kit says that 50% of an A1c test reflects your bg for the past 2 months, 25% reflects your bg for the past 3 months, and 25% reflects your bg from before that, but they didn't specify how many months before.