Glucose tests are used to determine the concentration of glucose in blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and other body fluids.

It tests for glucose.

Some tests for diabetes are a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) test, an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and a random plasma glucose test, which is also known as a casual plasma glucose test. For full information on these tests, please refer to: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/diagnosis/#diagnosis

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increased blood glucose (hyperglycemia), decreased blood glucose (hypoglycemia), increased glucose in the urine (glycosuria), and decreased glucose in CSF, serous, and synovial fluid glucose.