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"Postprandial Blood Glucose can be less than Fasting Blood Glucose and this is not a Laboratory Error"
Vivek Pant, Keyoor Gautam,Santosh Pradhan
Journal of Nepal Medical Association

The aim of the present article is to aware healthcare providers about the factors that can cause FBG level higher than PPBG.

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Clinical laboratory Postprandial blood glucose Fasting blood glucose

Abstract

Higher fasting blood glucose level than postprandial level can be seen in variety of conditions in
both normal population and diabetics. Various modifiable factors along with underlying condition
of patient behind such laboratory picture are discussed in this article.