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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sri_Sampath" data-source="post: 24046979" data-attributes="member: 264139">Methods and criteria for diagnosing diabetesDiabetes symptoms (e.g. polyuria, polydipsia and unexplained weight loss for Type 1) plus:a random venous plasma glucose concentration ≥ 11.1 mmol/l ora fasting plasma glucose concentration ≥ 7.0 mmol/l (whole blood ≥ 6.1 mmol/l) ortwo hour plasma glucose concentration ≥ 11.1 mmol/l two hours after 75g anhydrous glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).With no symptoms diagnosis should not be based on a single glucose determination but requires confirmatory plasma venous determination. At least one additional glucose test result on another day with a value in the diabetic range is essential, either fasting, from a random sample or from the two hour post glucose load. If the fasting random values are not diagnostic the two hour value should be used.Gestational diabetesThe criteria for diagnosing gestational diabetes is different. Gestational diabetes should be diagnosed if the woman has either:a fasting plasma glucose level of 5.6mmol/l or above ora 2-hour plasma glucose level of 7.8mmol/l or above. Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing to diagnose diabetesAn HbA1c of 48mmol/mol (6.5%) is recommended as the cut off point for diagnosing diabetes. A value of less than 48mmol/mol (6.5%) does not exclude diabetes diagnosed using glucose tests.</blockquote>

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