Diagnosis of Diabetes
While patients may be tested for diabetes due to a variety of reasons, the guidelines suggest the following groups be tested
- People who are overweight and have one or more risk factors
- Overweight adults include people with a BMI >25 kg/m
- Risk factors (link to risk factors tab)
- People who have signs of high blood sugar (link to HBS tab)
- People with several risk factors
- Women who are pregnant
Confirming a Diabetes diagnosis will be based on one of the following lab values:
- A1c levels of 6.5% or higher indicate diabetes
OR
- Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) > 126mg/dL
OR
- 2-hour plasma glucose level of >200mg/dL during an oral glucose tolerance test using glucose load containing the equivalent to 75g of glucose dissolved in water
OR
- Classic symptoms of hyperglycemia (polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia) or hyperglycemic crisis, with a random plasma glucose of >200 mg/dL
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