BloodSugarRange

Diabetes is a condition where success of treatment depends on how well you keep your blood sugar controlled. Good self-management can help improve both short and long term health outcomes.

Diabetes is a serious health condition its treatment to work, you must learn to manage blood sugar levels. You can use a blood sugar level calculator to understand your current condition and practice self-management better.

Blood Sugar Chart

The Blood sugar chart provides descriptions of blood sugar values in terms of mg/dl depending on the test type – Fasting sugar, post-meal or post prandial and Glucose tolerance test (GTT) for a normal person, in early diabetes and in established diabetes.

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How is Blood Sugar Level Tested?

There are multiple tests to determine if you have high blood sugar. Some common tests include a fasting sugar test, post-meal test, and HbA1c). Below is the list of different blood sugar levels.

For the fasting sugar test, 70-100 mg/dl value is a normal range. For the post-meal test, below 140 mg/dl value after two hours of consuming glucose is a normal range.
For the fasting sugar test, 101-126 mg/dl value is a sign of early diabetes. For the post-meal test, 140-200 mg/dl value after two hours of consuming glucose is an indication of this condition.
For the fasting sugar test, over 126 mg/dl value is an evidence of established diabetes. For the post-meal test, over 200 mg/dl value after two hours of consuming glucose is a confirmation of having this health condition.

Alarming facts about Diabetes

The International Diabetic Federation estimates that 1 in 11 adults in the world have diabetes, and some 46.5% of adults with diabetes are undiagnosed

The global burden of type-2 diabetes is set to increase to 438 million by 2030 from 285 million people (recorded in 2010)

India is the diabetes capital of the world. The country has around 50 million people suffering from the type-2 diabetes

HbA1c test for diabetes diagnosis

An HbA1c test does not directly measure the level of blood glucose, however, the result of the test is influenced by how high or low your blood glucose levels have tended to be over a period of 2 to 3 months.

Indications of diabetes or prediabetes are given under the following conditions:

Normal: Below 42 mmol/mol (6.0%)

Prediabetes: 42 to 47 mmol/mol (6.0 to 6.4%)

Diabetes: 48 mmol/mol (6.5% or over)

Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)

An oral glucose tolerance test involves first taking a fasting sample of blood and then taking a very sweet drink containing 75g of glucose.
After having this drink you need to stay at rest until a further blood sample is taken after 2 hours.

Random plasma glucose test

A blood sample for a random plasma glucose test can be taken at any time. This doesn’t require as much planning and is therefore used in the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes when time is of the essence.

Fasting plasma glucose test

A fasting plasma glucose test is taken after at least eight hours of fasting and is therefore usually taken in the morning.

The NICE guidelines regard a fasting plasma glucose result of 5.5 to 6.9 mmol/l as putting someone at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, particularly when accompanied by other risk factors for type 2 diabetes.

Why are good blood sugar levels important?

It is important that you control your blood glucose levels as well as you can as too high sugar levels for long periods of time increases the risk of diabetes complications developing.

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