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Understanding Your Numbers
Reading an HbA1c or fasting glucose result, and where the thresholds sit.
Where the Thresholds Sit
The exact numbers separating normal, prediabetes and diabetes, across all three tests, in mg/dL — so that you can read your own lab report.
Two Different Kinds of Prediabetes
Impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance are not the same thing, and you can have one without the other. Here is the difference.
How Close to the Line Are You?
Where you sit inside the prediabetes range genuinely matters. People nearer the normal end are considerably more likely to return to it again.
How Often to Retest
Once you have a prediabetes result, testing becomes yearly rather than occasional. Here is the schedule, and what to watch across the years.
Do You Need a Glucometer?
Daily home testing is not usually recommended in prediabetes. Here is where occasional checks teach you something, and where they just cause anxiety.