Mediacl News From ADA meeting

Here are some of the presentations from ADA meeting.

1)ESTIMATED AVERAGE GLUCOSE - New Measure for Diabetic control
The International A1c-AG study was conducted at 10 centers in the North America, Europe, and Africa, in an attempt to determine, as accurately as possible, the relationship between average blood glucose levels and HbA1c.

The study has recruited almost 650 of its goal of 700 volunteers (300 patients with type 1, 300 with type 2, and 100 without diabetes).

The patients' HbA1Cs are measured in a central laboratory in Holland using the new reference standard monthly for four months, with patients using a combination of continuous glucose monitoring for two to three days for each of the four months, plus frequent finger sticks equivalent to daily self-monitoring.

The results of the first 250 volunteers who have completed the study showed that there was a close correlation between HbA1c values at three months and average blood glucose during the same period
2) SELF GLUCOSE MONITORING IS UNNEEDED RITUAL IN MANY T2DM
This Oxford study found no significant benefit for frequent self-monitoring of blood glucose for many patients with type 2 diabetes, but self-monitoring remained essential for maintaining good glucose control in type 1 diabetes, and type 2patients who require insulin injections.