AGP is a visual snapshot of a patient’s typical day using dense sugar data revealing hypoglycaemic and hyperglycaemic trends behind A1c results to facilitate better patient therapy and interaction. sugar 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 sugar variability. The most important identified aspect of AGP is that it reveals sugar variability, post-prandial sugar excursions and hypoglycemic trends.² High sugar 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 sugar variability by 2 measures. The distance between the 5th and 95th percentile curves shows how widely sugar readings have varied at that time of the day. A median curve that rises and falls shows sugar instability across the day.

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