| impaired glucose tolerance |
a metabolic state between normal glucose regulation and overt diabetes. Generally, blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but lower than those accepted as diagnostic for diabetes.
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| impaired glucose tolerance |
A condition associated with excessive elevation in blood sugar after a meal but not meeting the criteria for a diagnosis of diabetes. Blood sugar is between 101 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) and 125 mg/dL. Also called borderline diabetes and prediabetes.
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| impaired glucose tolerance |
a state which is borderline to true diabetes. Usually refers to a borderline state that exists outside of pregnancy (non-pregnant fasting levels >110 mg/dl or post-meal levels >140 mg/dl), but some researchers use a similar term for a state which is just short of gd in pregnancy. In this, a woman may be just shy of the cutoffs used to diagnose gd or she may have only 1 raised level on the glucose tolerance test instead of the usual 2. ...
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| impaired glucose tolerance |
blood glucose (sugar) levels higher than normal but not high enough to be called diabetes. People with IGT may or may not develop diabetes. Other names (no longer used) for IGT are "borderline," "subclinical," "chemical," or "latent" diabetes
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| impaired glucose tolerance |
A condition in which blood glucose is between normal levels and those seen in diabetes; often precedes the onset of type 2 diabetes.
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