8/9/2019 2009_1_Henrichs

1/1

dbee ew 3

th ue of dbee voe ke u noher e n he

long que o reel he myere of ye 2 bee. the

o y colgu W t of h uy o

o of ol n eonom hory n he ny ln non

of nuu, wh ll mo h 10,000 h,

lk xml of h olly ou mg -

w g voml fo h uoof y 2 . i h of h nuu, hou

of y of ol Mo souh pf lfyl,

fhng n gherng fru n oonu, ene when he

hoh wlh of h l w ov h ly

20h uy. th lfyl w vy uly l y

wz, y o, lug hgh-gy

(hgh n ugr, f n l) of more foo.

the ubequen exloon n he number of eole wh

obey-ren ye 2 bee, o 34.4% by 1975,

mjor omonen n he me nghmrh rgm of

ho ll-hlh h h lgh igou ommu

oh of h wol aogl aul h

pm inn n arzon, Usa, for exmle. a rou

ombnon of gene reononng n weernze

lfeyle n uh nen n for mny hunre of gen-

eron ole oulon h been exlne n he

hrfy gene hyohe.

aog o h hoy, hum g volv h

llow hu-gh oulo o ul u o -

gy v qukly ffvly wh foo lful,

lg hm o uvv m of fm. Howv,

wh u of foo y hvou, h

m goy h om vly jul, lg ooy omlo. th ulul o, low

oo-oom u gogh olo h h-

z my uh igou ommu hm h ovo

of qu o uo.

th uo Mhl po, who vl wh h

royl Flyg doo sv of aul, o-

vv oj h, y lg wh oul

fmwok h fml o aogl ol, lv

ulully o uo o oulyg ommu.

th sugm oj u ol oy-llg

v-lg oh whh l o wlk

ou h sugm oy o myfy . al

fom c hghlgh h ffo of h Fh- eglh-

kg oo h xll wok o

omo h, w, ov uo gul, mov h gh of ol wh

lug F no ol h v ouy.

a o fom h nhl y Juh Ku rkk

bog, g 11 uy- fom ou h wol,

l wh h mg u ou h mu-

m o of Ha1

. i 2007, h ul of h

glol a1

-dv avg Gluo (adaG) uy ouly

mo h m vg gluo, lul

ung he Hba1

y, orrele ery loely wh bloo

glucoe reading obtained by repeated meaurement

(ung fnger k n onnuou gluoe monorng)

oer he ero of url of hemoglobn-berng re

bloo ell roun 100 y, hu gn jufyng he

lly of Ha1

g h mol mmoy

of he nermee .

th uy w neery n reul egerly we

n he enf bee ommuny. i houl be noe,

howeer, h he adaG uy w rere o eole

l mol ool houghou h uy o;

eole wh fluung bloo gluoe leel, he adaG

lulon my well le o fferen reul. the adaG

fg uo h og o of Ha1

lue rnle no erge bloo gluoe luethat allow people with diabete to better undertand

her urren mebol onon. the reee reom-

menon reulng from he uy re l ou n he

2007 conenu tatement (cited in the article) by the

leng bee orgnzon roun he worl idF,

h euo aoo fo h suy of d h

am d aoo, h cou sm

on the Worldwide standardization of the Hemoglobin

a1c

Meuremen.

Helmut R Henrichs

is Professor of

internal medicine

and diabetologist.

He founded the

Quakenbrck

Diabetes Centre

and the German

Diabetes

Technology study

group, and served

as president of the

German Diabetes

Association

and German

Diabetes Union.

Further puzzles and uncertainties and some progress

March 2009 | Volume 54| Issue 1