AIMS To define the prevalence and clinical characteristics of glucose metabolism disorders (GMD) in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis (LC). MATERIAL AND METHODS Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels were measured to 130 patients with clinically stable LC. Oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and fasting plasma insulin determinations were performed to patients with normal FPG. Insulin res...

Aims. To define the prevalence and clinical characteristics of glucose metabolism disorders (GMD) in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis (LC). Material and methods. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels were measured to 130 patients with clinically stable LC. Oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and fasting plasma insulin determinations were performed to patients with normal FPG. Insulin res...

Introduction: Previous studies have revealed ethnic differences in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) value at the same glucose concentration. This study aimed to determine variation HbA1c as an index of glycaemic control among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Methods: cross-sectional, retrospective recruited 293 T2DM patients by simple random sampling medical outpatient clinic a tertiary ho...

Dear Editor, Management of diabetes requires an understanding of the association between fasting plasma glucose (FPG), postprandial plasma glucose (PPG) and HbA1c—a tripartite model known as the glucose triad.1 A higher contribution of PPG relative to FPG in patients with HbA1c levels of ≤7% (53 mmol/mol) has been observed in a seminal article published in 20032 and further observed in several ...

OBJECTIVE We sought to assess the risk of progression to type 2 diabetes in normal glucose tolerance (NGT) subjects based on the relationship between the plasma glucose concentration during oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) and the fasting plasma glucose (FPG) concentration. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Subjects with NGT (n = 1,282) from the San Antonio Heart Study received an OGTT with mea...

OBJECTIVE To investigate and compare glucose and lipid metabolism biomarkers in non-diabetic peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis patients. METHODS The study followed a prospective and cross-sectional design. PARTICIPANTS Participants included all prevalent end-stage renal disease patients under renal replacement therapy treated in a university-based clinic. INTERVENTIONS There were no in...

The purpose of the study is to compare the potential of HbA1c to diagnose diabetes among Palestinian Arabs compared to fasting plasma glucose (FPG). A cross-sectional sample of 1370 Palestinian men (468) and women (902) without known diabetes and above the age of 30 years were recruited. Whole blood was used to estimate HbA(1c) and plasma for FPG and total lipid profile. Fasting plasma glucose ...

The new diagnostic criteria recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) will only detect diabetic patients with fasting hyperglycemia, and leave patients with isolated post-challenge hyperglycemia (IPCH) and imparied glucose tolerance (IGT) unidentified. The WHO recommends that all those with abnormal fasting glucose should undergo the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to exclude th...

Current criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes c A1C $6.5%. The test should be performed in a laboratory using a method that is National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP)-certified and standardized to the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) assay; or c fasting plasma glucose (FPG) $126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/l). Fasting is defined as no caloric intake for at least 8 h; or c 2-...

UNLABELLED Aims/Introduction:  We investigated the relationship between non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and different stages of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) concentrations, and the association between factors related to glucose tolerance and severity of NASH. MATERIALS AND METHODS   A total of 147 patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who had undergone a liver biopsy we...