{"id":24347,"date":"2022-12-08T11:34:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/depistage-et-diagnostic\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T09:54:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T13:54:59","slug":"screening-and-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/information-on-diabetes\/screening-and-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Screening and diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diagnosis of <strong>type 2<\/strong> diabetes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Only a blood test analyzed in the laboratory can make a diagnosis of diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The table below shows the diagnostic values \u200b\u200bfor prediabetes and diabetes from Diabetes Canada&#8217;s 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes in Canada:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Prediabetes<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Type 2 diabetes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fasting blood glucose (AC blood glucose)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Between 6.1 and 6.9 mmol\/L (abnormal fasting blood sugar)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7.0 mmol\/L and above<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c or A1c)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Between 6.0 and 6.4%<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6.5% and above<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Blood glucose level 2 hours after drinking a liquid containing 75 g of glucose (oral induced hyperglycemia or OGTT)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Between 7.8 and 11.0 mmol\/L (glucose intolerance)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11.1 mmol\/L and above<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Blood glucose measured at any time of the day<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\u2013<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11.1 mmol\/L and above, with classic symptoms<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes a second blood test is necessary to confirm the results obtained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is glycated hemoglobin (A1C)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) is a blood test that <strong>measures your average blood sugar levels over the past 2 to 3 months<\/strong>. It reflects your blood sugar management and it is used to determine your risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/diabetes\/information-on-diabetes\/diabetes-complications\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"24341\">complications<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to have your A1C tested every 3 to 6 months to assess your blood sugar management and adjust your treatment if need be. You don&#8217;t need to be fasting for this particular test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes Only a blood test analyzed in the laboratory can make a diagnosis of diabetes. The table below shows the diagnostic values \u200b\u200bfor prediabetes and diabetes from Diabetes Canada&#8217;s 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes in Canada: Prediabetes Type 2 diabetes Fasting blood glucose (AC blood&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25186,"parent":24354,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"36,32","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24347","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24347"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30951,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24347\/revisions\/30951"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}