Peter Attia· MD
on an a relative basis it can be somewhat helpful but at least directionally it's helpful within any given patient a lowering of a hemoglobin a1c from point A to point B would be a good thing I won't argue that
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
on an a relative basis it can be somewhat helpful but at least directionally it's helpful within any given patient a lowering of a hemoglobin a1c from point A to point B would be a good thing I won't argue that
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although I find that to be a particularly useless uh metric not that useless but it it at the individual level I find it very unhelpful I think at the population level it's great and in Deltas it's great but boy the correlation between hemoglobin A1c and realized glucose levels it's it's pretty weak