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  • A. Evaluation of glucose tolerance: screening for diabetes mellitus and diagnosing diabetes mellitus
  • Screening for diabetes
  • Risk Factors for the Development of Type 2 Diabetes
  • Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
  • Diagnosing diabetes
  • 1. FASTING AND CASUAL PLASMA GLUCOSE
  • 2. ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (OGTT)
  • a) OGTTs for the diagnosis of diabetes in non-pregnant individuals
  • b) OGTTs for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes
  • Risk Factors for the Development of Gestational Diabetes
  • Low Risk for the Development of Gestational Diabetes
  • c) Postpartum testing of women with gestational diabetes
  • 3. INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
  • 4. C-PEPTIDE TESTING
  • 5. AUTOANTIBODIES
  • B. Evaluation of glycemic control in diabetes mellitus
  • 6. HEMOGLOBIN A1C
  • 7. FRUCTOSAMINE
  • C. Evaluation of hypoglycemia
  • 8. PROLONGED FAST
  • 9. MIXED MEAL TEST
  • 10. GLUCAGON TOLERANCE TEST
  • 11. ANTI-INSULIN ANTIBODIES
  • 12. C-PEPTIDE SUPPRESSION TEST