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Diabetes is often diagnosed by measuring fasting glucose levels. If that value is lower than the value necessary to diagnose diabetes but your doctor suspects you still may have diabetes, an oral glucose tolerance test may be done. This is a special test that shows how well the body uses glucose.Talk to your doctor about how often you should be tested. How frequently you are tested for diabetes depends on your age and risk factors for the condition.If you are 45 years old or older, you need to get tested for diabetes, even if you do not have any risk factors. If you are younger than 45 and have one or more risk factors, you should also get tested. After the age of 45, people should be tested for diabetes every three years.
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