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HbA1c is altered by …..

• Conditions like: anemia and iron deficiency

• Medications

• Age and pregnancy

• All of the above

TIR is measured by SMBG

• False

• True

The International Consensus Report on TIR recommends that most people with diabetes should spend at least …..of their Time in Range (70 to 180 mg/dL; 3.9 to 10.0 mmol/L), which corresponds to the ADA recommended  HbA1c target of approximately 7% (53 mmol/mol)

• 70%

• <25%

• 60-70%

• >4%

TIR does not have the following characteristic….

• Compares every 3 months

• Immediately detects acute effects of therapy changes

• Correlation to endpoints less clear, hardly
  any long-term studies

• Evaluates continuous glucose level

From the limitation of HbA1C

• A.That not capture hypoglycemia

• B.Do not capture glycemic variability

• C.Reflects the amount of time a person with diabetes spends within a target glycaemic range

• A&B