While patients may be tested for diabetes due to a variety of reasons, the guidelines suggest the following groups be tested

• People who are overweight and have one or more risk factors
  • Overweight adults include people with a BMI >25 kg/m
  • Risk factors (link to risk factors tab)
• People who have signs of high blood sugar (link to HBS tab)
• People with several risk factors
• Women who are pregnant

Confirming a Diabetes diagnosis will be based on one of the following lab values:

• A1c levels of 6.5% or higher indicate diabetes

OR

• Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) > 126mg/dL

OR

• 2-hour plasma glucose level of >200mg/dL during an oral glucose tolerance test using glucose load containing the equivalent to 75g of glucose dissolved in water

OR

• Classic symptoms of hyperglycemia (polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia) or hyperglycemic crisis, with a random plasma glucose of >200 mg/dL