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A1C to average glucose

An A1C is a percentage; your meter reads mg/dL. This converts between them with the ADAG equation, the same one behind the ADA's estimated average glucose (eAG).

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The full table

A1C eAG mg/dL eAG mmol/L
5.0% 97 5.4
5.5% 111 6.2
6.0% 126 7.0
6.5% 140 7.7
7.0% 154 8.5
7.5% 169 9.3
8.0% 183 10.1
8.5% 197 10.9
9.0% 212 11.7
9.5% 226 12.5
10.0% 240 13.3
10.5% 255 14.1
11.0% 269 14.9
11.5% 283 15.7
12.0% 298 16.5

Where the equation comes from

The A1C-Derived Average Glucose (ADAG) study fitted continuous glucose monitoring and self-testing data against laboratory A1C in 507 adults and derived eAG(mg/dL) = 28.7 × A1C − 46.7. The ADA adopted it for the eAG values on lab reports. It is an estimate: two people with the same A1C can have meaningfully different averages, and conditions that change red-cell lifespan (anemia, kidney disease, pregnancy, hemoglobin variants) shift A1C itself.

A converter is not a diagnosis. Diagnosing diabetes takes a laboratory A1C on a DCCT-certified method, confirmed, read by a clinician.