CRITERIO DIAGNOSTICO PARA DIABETES
Se utiliza como punto de corte para el diagnostico de diabetes(dbt) valores de glucemia en ayunas =126 mg/dL o 7.0 mmol/L, definiendose ayuno como la falta de ingestas caloricas por al menos 8 horas, o bien, tambien se considera que la persona tiene diabetes con una glucemia con dos horas de ayuna =200 mg/dL o 11.1 mmol/L. during an oral glucose tolerance test OGTT. The test should be performed as described by the World Health Organization, using a glucose load containing the equivalent of 75 g anhydrous glucose dissolved in water; or in a patient with classic symptoms of hyperglycemia or hyperglycemic crisis, a random plasma glucose =200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L); in the absence of unequivocal hyperglycemia, result should be confirmed by repeat testing.