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Since the vast increase in fasting glucoses after the 2000 edict from WHO/BDA, it seems to me (subjectively) that practically all patients with hypertension have IFG. Why is that ? Philip Hyde Pilgrim Hospital Boston -----Original Message----- From: Eric Hindle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 30 April 2003 15:43 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: 'Non dippers' One of my GPs is sending samples from lots of GTTs conducted in his own surgery on patients described as 'non dippers' (hypertensive patients who do not drop their BPs at night during 24hr monitoring) who he believes to be at greater risk of DM. He does seem to pick up quite a high number of patients with abnormal tolerance but this could be because they are at high risk of DM anyway not just because they fail to dip their BPs. I can't find any evidence for this claim (and he has yet to provide me with any either). Can anyone shed any light on this? Eric Hindle ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/