{"id":13545,"date":"2014-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/target-blood-glucose-levels\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T15:43:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:43:06","slug":"target-blood-glucose-levels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/target-blood-glucose-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Blood Glucose Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"classic-block\">The goal of proper blood\u00a0<a class=\"glossaire\" title=\"\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/\">glucose<\/a>\u00a0(sugar) control is to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes\u00a0<a href=\"\/en\/diabetes\/information-on-diabetes\/diabetes-complications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complications<\/a>. The\u00a0<a class=\"glossaire\" title=\"\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/\">glycemia<\/a>\u00a0readings taken by a person with diabetes, along with blood tests measuring\u00a0<a class=\"glossaire\" title=\"\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/\">glycated<\/a>\u00a0hemoglobin (A1C), are used to check how well blood sugar is being controlled.<\/p>\n<h2>Self-monitoring of your blood glucose levels<\/h2>\n<p>Self-monitoring of your blood glucose levels lets you check that you are within target values on a daily or weekly basis. Self-monitoring is done with a finger prick and a blood glucose meter at specific times and frequencies that vary from person to person, based on the recommendations of your health care team.<\/p>\n<p>The target blood glucose values for the majority of diabetic adults are:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 182px; height: 175px;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Between 4.0 and 7.0 mmol\/L fasting or before a meal<br \/>\nBetween 5.0 and 10.0 mmol\/L 2 hours after the start of a meal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Glycated hemoglobin (A1C)<\/h2>\n<p>Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) is measured by a laboratory blood test. It indicates the average blood glucose (sugar) level in the previous 2 to 3 months.<\/p>\n<p>For the majority of diabetic adults, the target value for A1C is less than 7.0%.<\/p>\n<h2>Does everyone have the same target values?<\/h2>\n<p>Certain factors may cause target values to differ from one person to another: age, how long you have had diabetes, the risk of sever\u00a0<a class=\"glossaire\" title=\"\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/\">hypoglycemia<\/a>, the presence or not of\u00a0<a class=\"glossaire\" title=\"\" href=\"\/en\/glossary\/\">cardiovascular<\/a>\u00a0disease, and life expectancy. Furthermore, pregnant women have different target values.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of proper blood\u00a0glucose\u00a0(sugar) control is to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes\u00a0complications. The\u00a0glycemia\u00a0readings taken by a person with diabetes, along with blood tests measuring\u00a0glycated\u00a0hemoglobin (A1C), are used to check how well blood sugar is being controlled. Self-monitoring of your blood glucose levels Self-monitoring of your blood glucose levels lets you check that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"7791,194,5346,12764,9320,10235","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13545","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13545"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29474,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13545\/revisions\/29474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}