The fasting glucose tolerance test is the simplest and fastest way
to measure blood glucose and diagnose diabetes. Fasting means that
you have had nothing to eat or drink (except water) for 8 to 12
hours before the test. You are diagnosed with diabetes if your
blood glucose level is 126 mg/dl or greater on two separate tests.
Review Date: 05/23/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
