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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 289-290 |
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New HbA1c measure from 1 October 2012
G Sivagnanam
Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Kadhirkamam, Puducherry, India
| Date of Web Publication | 7-Aug-2012 |
Correspondence Address:
G Sivagnanam
Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Kadhirkamam, Puducherry
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
How to cite this article:
Sivagnanam G. New HbA1c measure from 1 October 2012. J Pharmacol Pharmacother 2012;3:289-90 |
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HbA1c levels, which are currently measured in percentage units, will be measured in millimoles per mole (mmol/mol) by all countries from later part of 2012 onwards, [1] following a recommendation by the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry. An online HbA1c converter is also available. [2]
One blogger has come out with an easier way to convert the percentage to mmol/mol as follows, though it can be applied only to decimal free figures:
6% is 42 mmol/mol 6-2 is 4 and then 4-2 is 2, hence 42
7% is 53 mmol/mol 7-2 is 5 and then 5-2 is 3, hence 53
8% is 64 mmol/mol 8-2 is 6 and then 6-2 is 4, hence 64
9% is 75 mmol/mol 9-2 is 7 and then 7-2 is 5, hence 75
Or remember 6% = 42 mmol/mol and then on add 11 for each % increase (again only to decimal-free figures).
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| 1. | Available from: http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk [Last accessed on 2012 May 09]. 
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| 2. | Available from: http://www.diabetes.org.uk/HbA1c [Last accessed on 2012 May 09].
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