AGP is a visual snapshot of a patient’s typical day using dense glucose data revealing hypoglycaemic and hyperglycaemic trends behind A1c results to facilitate better patient therapy and interaction. Glucose variability in addition to A1c result may be a more reliable indicator of glycemic control than A1c alone.¹ AGP goes beyond A1c by revealing hypoglycaemia, hyperglycaemia and glucose variability.  The most important identified aspect of AGP is that it reveals glucose variability, post-prandial glucose excursions and hypoglycemic trends.² High glucose variability can lead to increased risk for hypoglycaemia.  This is because efforts to control the highs can result in dangerous lows at the other side of the range.³'⁴  AGP reveals glucose variability by 2 measures.  The distance between the 5th and 95th percentile curves shows how widely glucose readings have varied at that time of the day.  A median curve that rises and falls shows glucose instability across the day. 

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