Blood Sugar, Disease, and Nondisease

Editorials1 August 1997Blood Sugar, Disease, and NondiseaseFrank Davidoff, MD, EditorFrank Davidoff, MD, EditorSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00011 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Although nobody has ever actually seen one 1, an elevated blood sugar is a very real thing to the patient with diabetes, to the physician or other medical person helping that patient deal with the disease, and to the epidemiologist trying to unravel the intricate mysteries of disordered blood sugars in populations. The Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus has now published a report, the result of 2 years of intensive labor, that lays out new criteria for assigning meaning to blood sugars 2. Why did the group undertake this work? Why now? And why should ...References1. Davidoff F. Who has seen a blood sugar? The shaping of the invisible world. In: Who Has Seen a Blood Sugar? Reflections on Medical Education. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians; 1996:96-100. Google Scholar2. Report of the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Care. 1997; 20:1183-97. Google Scholar3. Eastman RC, Vinicor F. Science: moving us in the right direction. Diabetes Care. 1997; 20:1057-8. Google Scholar4. McCance DR, Hanson RL, Pettitt DJ, Bennett PH, Hadden DR, Knowler WC. Diagnosing diabetes mellitus-do we need new criteria? Diabetologia. 1997; 40:247-55. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Frank Davidoff, MD, EditorAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEtiology of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Patients Using the A1C TestChanges in blood plasma volume in rats during ontogenesisWorksite-Based Diabetes Disease Management ProgramDiagnosing diabetes in 2000Evaluation of a Worksite-Based Patient Education Intervention Targeted at Employees With Diabetes MellitusFacts and Ideas from Anywhere 1 August 1997Volume 127, Issue 3Page: 235-237KeywordsBlood plasmaBlood sugarDiabetes mellitusGestational diabetesGlucoseHemoglobinInsulin resistanceOral glucose tolerance testPopulation statisticsType 2 diabetes ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 1 August 1997 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1997 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...