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Fasting plasma glucose in children
Author(s) -
BROWN T.C.K.,
CONNELLY JOHN F.,
DUNLOP MARJORIE E.,
McDOUGALL PETER N.,
TIBBALLS JAMES
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1980.tb02480.x
Subject(s) - medicine , plasma glucose , endocrinology , plasma concentration , plasma levels , diabetes mellitus
. Fasting plasma glucose levels were measured in samples taken preoperatively in 116 patients, it was found that mean plasma glucose levels increased with age and that there was no relationship between the period of fasting and plasma glucose concentrations. Fewer children had levels below 3 mmols/l than in other reported series.