|
Office Diabetes Statistics |
The Lowell Diabetes & Endocrine Center
| OFFICE DIABETES STATISTICS |
Definition |
Goal |
National
average
|
|
Joslin Clinic
2004
|
Lowell Diabetes &
Endocrine Center
|
| BLOOD SUGAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Excellent blood sugar control |
HBA1c<7 |
>40% |
? |
|
39% |
46% |
| Poor blood sugar control |
HBA1c>9 |
<20% |
32% |
|
14% |
10% |
|
Annual HBA1c testing done
|
|
100% |
85% |
|
|
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BLOOD PRESSURE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Excellent blood pressure control |
BP<130/80 |
>35% |
? |
|
48% |
37% |
| Good blood pressure control |
BP<140/90 |
>65% |
62% |
|
75% |
74% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CHOLESTEROL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Excellent cholesterol control |
LDL<70 |
|
17% |
|
|
23% |
| Good cholesterol control |
LDL<100 |
>36% |
37% |
|
46% |
57% |
| Fair cholesterol control |
LDL<130 |
>63% |
60% |
|
72% |
89% |
| Annual Cholesterol testing done |
|
>85% |
87% |
|
88% |
97% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Annual eye exams |
|
>60% |
49% |
|
68% |
69% |
| Annual foot exams |
|
>80% |
? |
|
94% |
94% |
| Annual kidney assessment or Rx |
|
>80% |
48% |
|
91% |
100% |
The Hemoglobin A1c is a measure of a person's average blood sugar. The American Diabetes Association recommends that diabetics should have their Hemoglobin A1c monitored 2-4 times a year. The lower the value, the better; the goal is a Hemoglobin A1c less than 7, if possible.
Below is a distribution of the Hemoglobin A1c measurements in patients with Type I Diabetes (Juvenile onset diabetes, almost all patients are less then 50 years old)
|
Hemoglobin A1c range
|
A major Boston teaching hospital
|
Lowell Diabetes & Endocrine Center
|
|
5.0-6.9
|
28%
|
25%
|
|
7.0-8.9
|
48%
|
60%
|
|
9.0-10.9
|
19%
|
12%
|
|
≥11
|
5%
|
3%
|
August 2006 office analysis
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