We used to have our diabetes cut-offs based on a conversion of imperial
units to SI. Now that it is the other way around, I wondered how long it
would take someone to try and change them back!
Eric
Dr. Eric S. Kilpatrick
Consultant in Chemical Pathology
Hull Royal Infirmary
Anlaby Rd
Hull HU3 2JZ
Tel: 01482-607708
Fax: 01482-607752
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From: Mohammad Al-Jubouri <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:25 AM
Subject: 5.6 mmol/L is new cutoff for IFG
> An international expert committee on the diagnosis and
> classification of diabetes mellitus has published
> revised guidelines, which incorporate new data since
> the last report of 1997, in the November issue of
> Diabetes Care. Decreasing the cutoff for impaired
> fasting glucose from 110 mg/dL to 100 mg/dL could
> increase diagnoses of prediabetes by approximately
> 20%.
> The other diagnostic thresholds remained the same.
>
> Mohammad
>
>
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