OK, is 99 fasting right on the line for diabetes??!
Question: a1c 5.4
Answers: a1c 5.4
No and no. Both of those numbers are perfectly normal and you shouldn't be worried about having diabetes if they are yours.
Those are both great numbers. Normal non-Diabetic fasting ranges are 70 - 110. And an A1C of 5.4 is right in the normal range. Great job!
No, that's perfectly normal, you're not even close to becoming diabetic. If you were consistently over 120, you might have cause for concern. There are various stages of progression. Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose_tol...
There has been some pretty serious argument among the various institutions in the world medical community on what constituted impaired fasting glycemia and impaired glucose tolerance (both are stages of insulin resistance leading to type two diabetes). In a situation like this, it's safer to err on the side of caution. While anything under 110 is considered to be "normal", my particular interpretation is that closer to 90 would be better. An A1C of 5.4 indicates that your average (overall) for the past three months has been 97 mg/dl. If you want to stay that way or improve, just get on the health bandwagon and start eating more fresh fruits and vegetables and fewer refined carbs and animal fats. Exercise moderately every day, and watch as your average blood glucose settles down into the lower nineties or upper eighties. I haven't been taking ANY medication for my diabetes since Dec. 13th and my average is 90 mg/dl. Not bad for a diabetic of nearly five years who saw his numbers creeping upward. Since adding more fruits to my diet, my sugar level didn't increase, as expected, it dropped. After I stopped the Metformin drug, it stabilized at 90 mg/dl.
See I disagree. My endo told me that 100 or above is an impaired fasting glucose. I did the 3 hr test before I drank the stuff my number fasting was 100 this is considered impaired by my endo.