For each recommended test, this tool will assess whether a result indicates a diagnosis of diabetes or
prediabetes.
Test
Test result
Result
2-h PG, 2-h plasma glucose;
DCCT, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; IFG,
impaired fasting glucose; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; NGSP, National
Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test; WHO, World
Health Organization.
*In the absence of unequivocal hyperglycemia,
diagnosis requires two abnormal results from different tests, which may be obtained
at the same time (e.g., A1C and FPG), or the same test at two different time points.
**For all three tests, risk is
continuous, extending below the lower limit of the range and becoming disproportionately
greater at the higher end of the range.