• Diabetes produces a variety of clinical presentations, from acute to gradual onset
• Currently, the diagnosis should be based on two separate tests unless the patient is clearly symptomatic in which case only one positive test is required
• New World Health Organization diagnostic criteria based on glycosylated haemoglobin are here
• A combination of genetic and environmental factors contribute to the risk of diabetes
• Impaired glucose regulation is an important risk factor both for future diabetes and cardiovascular disease
• Distinction between random and fasting samples is essential in interpreting the significance of borderline blood glucose levels
• Impaired glucose tolerance can only be diagnosed by oral glucose tolerance test
• Currently, the diagnosis should be based on two separate tests unless the patient is clearly symptomatic in which case only one positive test is required
• New World Health Organization diagnostic criteria based on glycosylated haemoglobin are here
• A combination of genetic and environmental factors contribute to the risk of diabetes
• Impaired glucose regulation is an important risk factor both for future diabetes and cardiovascular disease
• Distinction between random and fasting samples is essential in interpreting the significance of borderline blood glucose levels
• Impaired glucose tolerance can only be diagnosed by oral glucose tolerance test
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