Home Biomarkers Fasting Glucose
Metabolic PanelFasting Glucose (GLU)
Blood sugar after an 8-hour fast. First-line screen for prediabetes and diabetes.
What it measures
Blood sugar after an 8-hour fast. First-line screen for prediabetes and diabetes.
What a high value can mean
Prediabetes (100–125), type 2 diabetes (≥126), stress, steroids, pancreatitis.
What a low value can mean
Hypoglycemia, insulin overdose, adrenal insufficiency, alcohol use, prolonged fasting.
Conditions it helps assess
- Diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Hypoglycemia
Reading these numbers in context
Reference ranges describe the central 95 % of a healthy reference population — 5 % of perfectly healthy people fall outside any given range by definition. A single mildly abnormal value is rarely meaningful on its own. blood-test.life always interprets values together with related biomarkers before flagging.