Diabetes Screening

PanelEssential

Fasting glucose together with HbA1c.

A heading over two sugar tests that are also listed separately.

How we rate it: Essential

Defensible in a routine adult check-up.

This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.

Check-ups that include it

In 6 of the 93 check-ups we track, 6%. Cheapest first.

Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.