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. 2021 Jan 22;26:e927984-1–e927984-12. doi: 10.12659/AOT.927984

Supplementary Table 2.

The definition of PTDM.

Diabetes mellitus after transplantation may be diagnosed at any time after transplantation by any of the following

  1. Symptoms of diabetes plus random plasma glucose ≥200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L).

    Symptoms include polyuria, polydipsia, and unexplained weight loss.

  2. Fasting plasma glucose ≥126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L). Fasting is defined as no caloric intake for at least eight hours. An abnormal fasting blood glucose should be confirmed on another day.

  3. Two-hour plasma glucose ≥200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The test should be performed as described by the WHO, using a glucose load containing the equivalent of 75g anhydrous glucose dissolved in water.

  4. a HbA1c ≥6.5 percent.