{"id":9864,"date":"2026-04-14T17:58:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=9864"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:58:41","slug":"a1c-targets-in-older-adults-with-type-2-diabetes-key-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/a1c-targets-in-older-adults-with-type-2-diabetes-key-points\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0A1c Targets in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes \u2014 Key Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>\u00a0A1c Targets in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes \u2014 Key Points<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Source: ADA framework &amp; multiple cohort studies<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Latest evidence: 2023\u20132025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Key Points :<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Health Status\u2013Based A1c Targets:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 <\/span><span>\u00a0Healthy adults:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u00a07\u20137.5%<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 <\/span><span>\u00a0Intermediate (multiple comorbidities):<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u00a07.5\u20138%<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 <\/span><span>\u00a0Poor \/ very complex health:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>= 8\u20138.5%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2022 Critical Insight :<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 <\/span><span>\u00a0A1c \u22658% \u2192 \u2191 mortality &amp; hospitalizations<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 <\/span><span>\u00a0A1c &lt;7% \u2192 NOT harmful across groups<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u00a0Target can be relaxed, but avoid \u22658%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0CKD Patients (High Risk Group)<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 <\/span><span>\u00a0Best outcomes:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u00a0A1c ~6.7\u20137.1%<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 <\/span><span>\u00a0Risk \u2191 if:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 \u22657.2%<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 &lt;5.8%<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0Key Concept<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0Stability within range &gt; pushing A1c too low<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 Avoid:<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 <\/span><span>\u00a0overtreatment<\/span><br \/>\n<span>\u2022 <\/span><span>\u00a0A1c \u22658%<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/reference.medscape.com\/cc2\/p10\/type-2-diabetes-adults-management-2022a10012l3\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/reference.medscape.com\/cc2\/p10\/type-2-diabetes-adults-management-2022a10012l3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1776264161240000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3KpItTplJ6mkA2wwoIzZX0\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/reference.medscape.<wbr \/>com\/cc2\/p10\/type-2-diabetes-<wbr \/>adults-management-2022a10012l3<\/a><wbr \/><span>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A1c Targets in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes \u2014 Key Points Source: ADA framework &amp; multiple cohort studies Latest evidence: 2023\u20132025 Key Points : \u2022 Health Status\u2013Based A1c Targets: \u2022 \u00a0Healthy adults: \u00a07\u20137.5% \u2022 \u00a0Intermediate (multiple comorbidities): \u00a07.5\u20138% \u2022 \u00a0Poor \/ very complex health: = 8\u20138.5% \u2022 Critical Insight : \u2022 \u00a0A1c \u22658% \u2192 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9865,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9864\/revisions\/9865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}