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glucose tolerance test
(redirected from Oral glucose tolerance test)

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glucose tolerance test [′glü‚kōs ¦täl·ə·rəns ‚test]
(pathology)
A test to measure the ability of the liver to convert glucose to glycogen.


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But when Dutch researchers gave 13 women with diabetes 1 1/2 grams of ground cinnamon (3/4 teaspoon) every day for six weeks, they did no better on an oral glucose tolerance test than similar women who were given a placebo.
Two studies used the WHO diabetes definition based on oral glucose tolerance tests and/or self-reported medication to define diabetes, whereas the other studies used death certificates, medical or insurance records, urine tests for glucosuria, self-reported diabetes symptoms such as polyuria confirmed by two positive urine tests and a positive oral glucose tolerance test, glycosylated hemoglobin, or self-reported diagnosis.
However, a fasting measurement or oral glucose tolerance test gives more precise information.
 
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