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. 2018 Feb;33(2):142-144.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-017-4213-9.

Doc, I Just Ate: Interpreting Random Blood Glucose Values in Patients with Unknown Glycemic Status

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Doc, I Just Ate: Interpreting Random Blood Glucose Values in Patients with Unknown Glycemic Status

Michael E Bowen et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: diabetes screening; dysglycemia; prediabetes; random glucose.

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Prior Presentations

Preliminary data from this study were presented at the 2015 Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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The authors report no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this work.

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Relationship between random blood glucose and time since last caloric intake according to glycemic status. RBG, random blood glucose; A1C, hemoglobin A1C. *Difference = RBG dysglycemia − RBG normal.

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