Diagnosing Abnormal Glucose Tolerance in Hypertensive Women: Are We Making the Best Choice?

Essential hypertension is a condition of peripheral insulin resistance; thus, fasting plasma glucose level (FPG) alone may not identify glucose tolerance abnormalities. To evaluate the value of an FPG of 100 mg/dL in the detection of these abnormalities in hypertensive women and to identify clinical markers of a high risk of glucose intolerance indicative of further investigation, the authors studied 313 hypertensive women, without known...