Medically reviewed by Danielle Weiss, MD Diagnosing type 2 diabetes requires a series of lab tests looking for markers of elevated glucose, or blood sugar. Such tests are necessary, as type 2 diabetes ...

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When to Test If You Have Type 1, Type 2, or Gestational Diabetes Medically reviewed by Danielle Weiss, MD Blood glucose ...

An oral glucose tolerance test checks how your body responds to glucose. Your blood glucose levels are measured before you consume 75 grams of glucose solution. Two hours later, your blood glucose ...

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

The practical problem of the oral glucose tolerance test is that it is time-consuming and difficult to accommodate within the primary-care setting, where most of the diagnoses of type 2 diabetes ...

These two very distinct oral glucose tolerance curves reflect different pathophysiologic disturbances in glucose homeostasis in isolated IFG and isolated IGT. The plasma glucose curves in people ...

The following is a summary of “Fasting plasma methylglyoxal concentrations are associated with higher numbers of circulating intermediate and non-classical monocytes but with lower activation of ...

However, continuous glucose monitors, available over the counter, can test for high blood sugar and compile more detailed information about their metabolic biology.