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Why is serum glucose more accurate than finger tip glucose, when monitoring readings? how much faith can i put with a home glucometer?
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Plasma: has a higher water content than whole blood, so there is more dissolved glucose in plasma compared with whole blood, and readings are 15 to 20 percent higher.
Answered 9/5/2014
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