Why is the Ambulatory Glucose Profile (AGP) an important tool when assessing glucose?
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.211
- 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.212
- 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.2,213
- AGP reveals glucose variability by 2 measures. The distance between the 10th and 90th percentile curves show 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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