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You may still experience a variations from the result because
blood glucose levels can change significantly over short periods,
especially if you have recently eaten, exercised, taken medication
or experienced
blood glucose level from a finger stick can be up to 70 mg/dL(3.9
mmol/L) higher than blood drawn from a vein (venous sample) used
for a lab test.*
doing comparison tests. Factors such as the amount of red blood
cells in the blood (a high or low hematocrit) or the loss of body fluid
(severe dehydration) may also cause a monitor result to differ from
a laboratory result.
*3: Surwit, R.S., and Feinglos, M.N.: Diabetes Forecast (1988), April, 49-51.
*4: Sacks, D.B.: "Carbohydrates. " Burtis, C.A., and Ashwood, E.R.( ed.),
Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders
Company (1994), 959.
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stress.* For example, if you have just eaten, the
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Therefore, it is best to fast for eight hours before
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