Impaired fasting glycemia

Impaired fasting blood glucose' (also prediabetes) is a condition in which the fasting blood glucose value is greater than or equal to 5.6 mmol/l and less than 7.0 mmol/l[1]. An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) should be performed in a patient with elevated fasting blood glucose to detect possible impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes mellitus.


References

  1. ↑ Czech Society of Clinical Biochemistry ČLS JEP and Czech Society of Diabetology ČLS JEP. Laboratory diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes mellitus [online]. ©2003. The last revision 2005, [cit. 2010-04-21]. <http://www.diab.cz/dokumenty/sledovani_2012.pdf>.