Normal Fasting Blood Glucose
- Type 2 Diabetes - Screening Tests - Fasting Plasma Glucose
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- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Complications
Diagnosis
Healthy adults age 45 and older should get tested for diabetes every 3 years. Patients who have certain risk factors should ask their doctors about testing at an earlier age and more frequently. These risk factors include:
- A weight that is 20% more than ideal body weight
- Sedentary lifestyle
- High blood pressure (greater than 140/90) or unhealthy cholesterol levels -- especially for patients with low HDL ("good") cholesterol and high triglyceride levels
- History of heart disease, stroke, or...
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