What causes high Random blood glucose and low HbA1c?

High Random blood glucose and low HbA1c can be caused by many reasons.

If your Random blood glucose is in between 70 mg/dl and 140 mg/dl and your HbA1c is in between 4 % and 5.7 % then you need not worry as these are the normal ranges for Random blood glucose and HbA1c respectively. But if your levels are lesser or greater than the above values, then there may be some problem in your body.

Long-term complications of diabetes develop gradually. The longer you have diabetes the higher the risk of complications. Eventually, diabetes complications may be disabling or even life-threatening. Possible complications include:

• Kidney damage
• Eye damage
• Foot damage
• Alzheimer's disease
• Heart and blood vessel disease

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Normal range of Random blood glucose : 70 - 140 mg/dl

Ideal values of Random blood glucose depending on age :

Age	Ideal Random blood glucose value
<5 years	71.202
5-10 years	72.425
10-15 years	73.669
15-20 years	74.934
20-25 years	76.221
25-30 years	77.53
30-35 years	78.861
35-40 years	80.215
40-45 years	81.592
45-50 years	82.993
50-55 years	84.418
55-60 years	85.867
60-70 years	87.341
70-80 years	88.841
80-90 years	90.366
90-100 years	91.918
>100 years	93.496

*Ideal values are calculated based on our database of patient records

Normal range of HbA1c : 4 - 5.7 %

Ideal values of HbA1c depending on age :

Age	Ideal HbA1c value
<5 years	4.069
5-10 years	4.139
10-15 years	4.21
15-20 years	4.282
20-25 years	4.356
25-30 years	4.431
30-35 years	4.507
35-40 years	4.584
40-45 years	4.663
45-50 years	4.743
50-55 years	4.824
55-60 years	4.907
60-70 years	4.991
70-80 years	5.077
80-90 years	5.164
90-100 years	5.253
>100 years	5.343

High Random blood glucose and low HbA1c can be caused by a lot of reasons. If you take Random blood glucose and HbA1c blood tests and the results are higher than 140 mg/dl for Random blood glucose and lower than 4 % for HbA1c, your physician may recommend more tests to figure out the problem. You might also get these tests if your physician thinks you have some other disease.

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How the Random blood glucose and HbA1c Tests Are Done :

If your doctor wants Random blood glucose and HbA1c tests on you, you may need to go through these tests. During the Random blood glucose and HbA1c blood tests, a pathologist will put a needle into your veins and take out a small quantity of blood. A pathologist is a physician in the medical field who thoroughly studies the causes and effects of disease. Within a few hours you will get your Random blood glucose and HbA1c Test reports by your pathologist.

Medical References

• NIH – Performance of a Random Glucose Case-Finding Strategy to Detect Undiagnosed Diabetes
• NIH – Random Blood Glucose: A Robust Risk Factor For Type 2 Diabetes
• NIH – Diabetes & Prediabetes Tests