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Re: Is GTT required for true accurate IR diagnosis?

From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:56:49 +0100


Hi Cay,

Fasting test of what: glucose or insulin or both. Do not exagerate the value of lab tests. Insulin resistance can be diagnosed with a very difficult test. There are some more simple substitutes in which glucose and insulin are measured simultaneously. For your info

Sam

> Help, can someone explain this...the nurse said my 12 hr. fasting test
> was fine and normal, does this mean I'm not IR? Do I need to ask for an
> GTT?
> I hear there are different variations of theis test, which is best, 2 or
> 4 hr. ?
> I also hear that they can test insulin along with the GTTT? Is that the
> best?
>
> Can someone help me understand what test(s) I need to be asking for?
>
> Thanks
>
> cay




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