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AGE AND SEX SPECIFIC REFERENCE LIMITS FOR CARBOHYDRATE TOLERANCE
Author(s) -
Larsen Leif H.,
Wilson Michael
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb104267.x
Subject(s) - postprandial , plasma glucose , carbohydrate , population , bimodality , medicine , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , demography , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , galaxy , sociology
Glucose estimations in the absence of diabetic symptoms may lead to diagnostic problems when clinicians are confronted with borderline results. This study on 28 581 estimations of postprandial plasma glucose values gives age and sex specific reference limits derived from regression analysis at the 97.5 percentage point. A linear relationship exists between age and glucose tolerance in both sexes which is affected by the time of specimen collection. No evidence was found in support of bimodality; hence, it is believed that the observed diminution of carbohydrate tolerance with age is characteristic of the entire population.