Glucose Management Indicator (GMI): A New Term for Estimating A1C From Continuous Glucose Monitoring.

ABSTRACT: While A1C is well established as an important risk marker for diabetes complications, with the increasing use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to help facilitate safe and effective diabetes management, it is important to understand how CGM metrics, such as mean glucose, and A1C correlate. Estimated A1C (eA1C) is a measure converting the mean glucose from CGM or self-monitored blood glucose readings, using a formula derived from glucose readings from a population of individuals, into an estimate of a simultaneously measured laboratory A1C. Many patients and clinicians find the eA1C to be a helpful educational tool, but others are often confused or even frustrated if the eA1C and laboratory-measured A1C do not agree. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration determined that the nom

SUBMITTER: Bergenstal RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196826 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature