Reference Values; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure - Fora DUO ultima D40 Owner's Manual

D40 Owner's Manual
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test strips after 3 months.
• Do not use test strips beyond the expiry date. This may cause inaccurate results.
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Reference Values

Blood Glucose

The meter provides you with plasma equivalent results.
Time of day
Fasting and before meal
2 hours after meals
Source: American Diabetes Association (2012). Clinical Practice Recommendations. Diabetes
Care, 35 (Supplement 1): S1-100.
Please consult your doctor to determine a target range that works best for you.

Blood Pressure

Clinical studies show that adult diabetes is often accompanied by elevated blood pressure.
People with diabetes can reduce their heart risk by managing their blood pressure along
with diabetes treatment
Definitions and Classification of blood pressure levels according to 2007 ESH-ESC Practice
Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension:
Category
Optimal
Normal
High normal
Grade 1 hypertension
Grade 2 hypertension
Grade 3 hypertension
Isolated systolic hypertension
Isolated systolic hypertension should be graded (1, 2, 3) according to systolic blood
pressure values in the ranges indicated, provided that diastolic values are < 90mmHg.
Source: The European Society of Hypertension and European Society of Cardiology Task Force
Members. 2007 ESH-ESC Practice Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension. J
Hypertens 2007; 25: 1751-1762.
*1 : American Diabetes Association: The Diabetes-Heart Disease Link Surveying Attitudes,
Knowledge and Risk (2002)
Normal plasma glucose range for people without
diabetes (mg/dL)
Less than 100 mg/dL (5.6 mmol/L)
Less than 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L)
*1 .
Systolic (mmHg)
< 120
120 –129
130 –139
140 –159
160 –179
≥ 180
≥ 140
EN-21
Diastolic (mmHg)
and < 80
and/or 80–84
and/or 85–89
and/or 90– 99
and/or 100–109
≥ 110
and/or
and < 90