A reassessment of fasting plasma glucose concentrations in population screening for diabetes mellitus in a community of northern European ancestry : the Wadena City Health Study

In current clinical and research practice, the determination of diabetic status depends largely on plasma glucose levels 2 h after the ingestion of a standard 75-g glucose load, the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The OGTT, however, remains inconvenient, not highly reproducible, and costly, espe...

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