Thursday, April 28, 2011

Glycohemaglobin and Average Plasma Glucose

Here is a QUICK tip provided by Dr. Eddie Needham (in which Dr. Carlos Dumois started the entire discussion) to calculate the average glucose from the A1C:


Ave Glucose = (A1C — 2) x 30

So a patient with an A1C of 10 would have an average glucose = (10 — 2) x 30. Or 240. Simple awesomeness. 

A1C