test 7 diabetes

Question 1

Glucose tolerance test

Answer 1

• take in 75g of sugar
• go in 2 hours later
• if blood sugar levels are still above 200 mg/dl, diabetes is confirmed
• <140 mg/dl you are normal.

Question 2

impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)

Answer 2

 Metabolic stage between normal and diabetes
 Referred to pre-diabetes
and can be reversed by lifestyle modification
 IGT is not a clinical entity but rather a risk factor for diabetes and CVD
 IGT is associated metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, abdominal or visceral obesity, high triglyceride, low-HDL, hypertension.)