Diabetes Management Guidelines

Source: American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes—2013. Diabetes Care. 2013;36(suppl 1):S11-S66.  

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Criteria for Diabetes Diagnosis
Recommendations	Slides
A1C ≥6.5%*†; or   FPG‡ ≥126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L)†; or     2-hr plasma glucose ≥200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) during an OGTT (75-g); or      Random plasma glucose ≥200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L)**  Above recommendations are for nonpregnant adults.  *Perform in lab using a NGSP-certified method standardized to the DCCT assay; †In the absence of unequivocal hyperglycemia result to be confirmed by repeat testing; ‡Fasting defined as no caloric intake for ≥8 hours. **In persons with symptoms of hyperglycemia or hyperglycemic crisis.	ADA Criteria for Diabetes Diagnosis
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DCCT=the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial; FPG=fasting plasma glucose; OGTT=oral glucose tolerance test 

January 2013 

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