Diabetes: Criteria

Related Subjects: Type 1 DM | Type 2 DM | Diabetes in Pregnancy | HbA1c | Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Adults | Hyperglycaemic Hyperosmolar State (HHS) | Diabetic Nephropathy | Diabetic Retinopathy | Diabetic Neuropathy | Diabetic Amyotrophy | Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) | Diabetes: Complications |

Never stop Insulin in a patient with known or suspected Type 1 DM without close observation and monitoring under expert assessment

Diabetes

• Diabetes is a disease characterised by hyperglycaemia and its complications.
• Over time Diabetes can affect every system in the body.
• Normal Fasting sugar < 6.1 mmol [110 mg/dl] and 2 hr < 7.8 mmol/l [140 mg/dl]

International definitions of Diabetes

• Symptoms plus random glucose = 11.1 mmol/l [200 mg/dl] OR
• Fasting Blood sugar = 7.0 mmol [126 mg/dl] OR
• OGTT 2 hr Glucose = 11.1 mmol/l [200 mg/dl] OR
• HbA1c =48 mmol/mol or 6.5%: Diabetes

Prediabetes

• Fasting Blood sugar 6.1-7.0 mmol [110 mg/dl]
• OGTT 2 hr Glucose 7.8-11 mmol/l [140-199 mg/dl]
• (UK) HbA1c criteria: 42–47 mmol/mol: pre-diabetes
• (USA) HbA1C criteria 39–47 mmol/mol: prediabetes