Building Competency in Diabetes Education THE ESSENTIALS

MONITORING| 7-8 PPG 5.0-8.0 mmol/L (Table 2) (4). Targets should be tailored to prevent extreme low (<4.0 mmol/L) and high (>14.0 mmol/L) BG levels.

Table 2: Glycemic Targets for most patients

A1C (%)

Preprandial PG (mmol/L)

2-hour Postprandial PG (mmol/L)

For most patients

4.0-7.0

5.0-10.0

≤7.0

If A1C ≤7.0 % not achieved despite the above PG targets

4.0-5.5

5.0-8.0

Reproduced with the permission of Diabetes Canada (6)

In the context of individualized glycemic targets, the 2018 Guidelines suggest the following glycemic targets for older people with diabetes in association with frailty score and comorbidities (see Table 3) (15).