{"id":24450,"date":"2014-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/les-valeurs-cibles-de-glycemie\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:42:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:42:06","slug":"target-blood-glucose-levels-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/diabetes-management\/target-blood-glucose-levels-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Target blood glucose levels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-xlarge-font-size\">The goal of proper blood\u00a0glucose\u00a0(sugar) control is to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/information-on-diabetes\/diabetes-complications\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/information-on-diabetes\/diabetes-complications\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complications<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Self-monitoring of your blood glucose levels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/diabetes-management\/self-monitoring-of-blood-glucose\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/diabetes-management\/self-monitoring-of-blood-glucose\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Self-monitoring of your blood glucose <\/a>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. A continuous glucose meter can also be used for self-monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The target blood glucose values for the majority of diabetic adults are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-large-font-size\"><table class=\"has-white-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color\"><tbody><tr><td>Between 4.0 and 7.0 mmol\/L fasting or before a meal<br>Between 5.0 and 10.0 mmol\/L 2 hours after the start of a meal<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Glycated hemoglobin (A1C)<\/h2>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<p>For the majority of diabetic adults, the target value for A1C is less than 7.0%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does everyone have the same target values?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Certain factors may cause target values to differ from one person to another: fragility, how long you have had diabetes, the risk of severe\u00a0hypoglycemia, the presence or not of\u00a0cardiovascular\u00a0disease, and life expectancy. Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/information-on-diabetes\/diabetes-in-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/information-on-diabetes\/diabetes-in-pregnancy\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pregnant women<\/a> have different target values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\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":13377,"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":"7588,7531,12762,12656,10292,9530","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24450","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24450","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=24450"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34751,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24450\/revisions\/34751"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}