What is the purpose of fasting in a fasting plasma glucose test?

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Dr Ezhilarasan Ml

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Fasting means that you have had nothing to eat or drink (except water) for 8 to 12 hours before the test. This will yeild best results and detect whether you have diabetes or not

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