The usefulness and cost of a shorter duration of fasting in workplace screening for glucose intolerance and metabolic syndrome.
For worksite biometric screening, we shortened traditional fasting instructions to 4h. The positive predictive value (PPV) of elevated capillary glucose test results (> or =100mg/dL) for predicting elevated values obtained on repeat testing after an 8h fast was 57%, which rivals the PPV of an 8h fasting glucose.
McLellan
Robert K
RK
Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. robert.k.mclellan@dartmouth.edu
Comi
Richard J
RJ
Mackenzie
Todd A
TA
Tilton
Pamela A
PA
Dietrich
Allen J
AJ
D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood*; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors; D017132:Workplace
D001786:Blood Glucose