Glucose Fasting
Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG), Blood Sugar, Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS), Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG)
- Have a history of cardiovascular disease
- Are overweight, obese, or physically inactive
- Have a close relative with diabetes, such as a parent, sibling, aunt, or uncle
- Delivered a baby weighing more than 9 pounds
- Have a history of gestational diabetes
- Have polycystic ovary syndrome
- Belong to a high-risk race or ethnicity, such as Latino, Black, Asian or, Pacific Islander
- Have high blood pressure (hypertension) (≥140/90 mmHg) or are taking medication for high blood pressure
- Have a low HDL cholesterol level (less than 35 mg/dL or 0.90 mmol/L) and/or a high triglyceride level
- Have prediabetes identified by previous testing
- Have a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
- Fatigue
- Blurred vision
- Increased thirst coupled with frequent urination
- Wounds and infections which heal slowly
- Hunger
- Anxiety
- Trembling
- Blurred vision
- Confusion
- Sweating
- Acromegaly
- Acute stress (response to trauma, heart attack, and stroke, for instance)
- Chronic kidney disease
- Cushing syndrome
- Overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism)
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Drinking excessive alcohol
- Severe liver disease
- Hypopituitarism
- An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism)
- Severe infections
- Severe heart failure
- Chronic kidney (renal) failure
- Insulin overdose
- Tumors that produce insulin (insulinomas)
- Starvation
- The deliberate use of glucose-lowering products
Hemoglobin A1c, Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Glucose Tolerance Test, Glucose Tests for Gestational Diabetes, Urinalysis, Insulin, C-peptide, Islet Autoantibodies in Diabetes, Urine Albumin and Albumin to Creatinine Ratio, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP), Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP), Fructosamine