The information that follows is based largely on the reports of the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes (Diabetes Care 20:1183-1197, 1997, and Diabetes Care 26:3160-3167, 2003).
Abbreviations: FPG, fasting plasma glucose; GAD, glutamic acid decarboxylase; GCT, glucose challenge test; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus; HNF, hepatocyte nuclear factor; IFG, impaired fasting glucose; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; MODY, maturity-onset diabetes of the young; WHO, World Health Organization.
