Re: No insulin yet.


"Tim Shoppa" <shoppa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jan 4, 4:12 pm, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Odd thing is though, that lab (at a different hospital than my Endo.)
always
has higher numbers than the Endo. Last time I was 7.8 at that lab and 7.1
at the other.

Different labs have different reference ranges, and sometimes the
difference in reference ranges can be as much as 1.0. There are two
Labcorp labs in my area, one has a reference range of 4.2 to 5.3 and
the other has a reference range of 4.9 to 5.9.

So, unless you know the reference range, the number after the decimal
point in your A1C's doesn't have a lot of deep meaning.

Which is why my Endo. doesn't pay much mind to that other lab.


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