Open AccessFasting Plasma Glucose and Glycosylated Hemoglobin in the Screening for Diabetes Mellitus After Renal Transplantation
Author(s) -
Tone Gretland Valderhaug,
Trond Jenssen,
Anders Hartmann,
Karsten Midtvedt,
Hallvard Holdaas,
Anna Varberg Reisæter,
Jøran Hjelmesæth
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181af1f53
Subject(s) - hemoglobin , diabetes mellitus , medicine , plasma glucose , transplantation , endocrinology
Fasting plasma glucose (fPG) is recommended to identify new-onset posttransplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM), but an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) has higher diagnostic sensitivity. We aimed to assess the accuracy of fPG and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) for the selection of patients who should undergo a diagnostic OGTT 10 weeks after renal transplantation.