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About N. Marshall
Expertise
My expertise is in the practical management of Type 2 Diabetes and its complications. Questions in the area of medication use, lab results , and symptoms would be most welcome. I do not want questions related to Type 1 Diabetes.
Experience
Family Physician with training in the United Kingdom and
Canada and hold a professorship at a Canadian University in the Department of Family Medicine. I have various roles that have given me a wealth of experience, our practice looks after many diabetic patients, we are a teaching practice and have full time residents, I also have a role in a primary care research unit that with others has done a number of successful research projects in Diabetes.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
College of Family Medicine on Canada
Member and presenter for North American Primary Care Research Group
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Family Practice Journals in the US and Canada
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MB, BCh, BAO degrees from Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K.
CCFP- Canadian Certification in Family Medicine
FCFP- Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada
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my own practice of 1200 plus patients
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You are here: Experts > Health/Fitness > Medical Specialists > Endocrinology (including Diabetes) > Fasting Blood Glucose
Expert: N. Marshall - 11/3/2009
Question
Hi,
I recently had a fasting blood glucose test done the other morning. It came back elevated at 102. I did have decaf coffee with french vanilla creamer and splenda before the test, but no food. Would this have an effect on my results. I am concerned that I am prediabetic. All of my other labs, CBC, Metabolic Panel, came back normal. Could this be a sign of a serious problem.
Answer
Your numbers, in spite of not being truly fasting, are in the non diabetic range
The criteria for prediabetes or impaired fasting glucose are based on at least a
ten hour fast with nothing but a glass of water and having that number being greater than 6mmol/L or in the US numbers 108 mg/dl... So your number is certainly ok even if you were truly fasting.. I expect that your flavoured creamer likely had sugar in it but I don't know for sure.. To be sure you could repeat the test but be truly fasting.
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