EmailTo stay on top of your diabetes management, you should know your ABCs – your A1c level, your blood pressure, and your cholesterol profile.
A – A1c, or hemoglobin A1c test.
- ADA goal is less than 7%, while the AACE goal is 6.5% or less.
B – Blood pressure
- < 130/80 mmHg for non-pregnant adults.
C – Cholesterol
- HDL (good) cholesterol – >40 mg/dl (1.0 mmol/l) in men; >50 mg/dl (1.3 mmol/l) in women
- LDL (bad) cholesterol – <100 mg/dl (<70 mg/dl in highest risk populations)
- Triglycerides – <150 mg/dl
Talk with your diabetes care provider to determine your individual goals for A1c, blood pressure, and cholesterol.
SOURCES:
AACE Diabetes Care Guidelines, Endocrine Practice 2-11; 17 (Suppl 2)3.
American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus (2011).
National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III).
Reviewed by Jason C. Baker, MD. 01/12
You are subscribed!
You are subscribed!
You are subscribed!
Recipe Shuffle
Cedar Planked Barbeque Salmon Olive and Chick Pea Salad Chicken with Mango and Papaya Salsa Blue Cheese Sauce Onion-Pepper Chicken Chicken Pops Port & Dried Cherry Sauce Citrus Roasted Turkey Spiced Lentil Soup with Parsley Cream Texas Toasts with Filet Mignon, Watercress & Herb Butter
Because today's going to be a bit busy to be doing actual art (and because I just saw STAR TREK: Into Darkness yesterday), I'm going to take the Diabetes Blog Week wildcard: "Tell us what your fantasy diabetes device would be? Think of your dream blood glucose checker, delivery system for insulin or other meds, magic carb counter, etc etc etc. The sky is the limit — what...
