{"id":"glucose","name":"Glucose","shortName":"Glucose","aliases":["Fasting Glucose","Glucose, Fasting","Glucose, Serum","FBS","Fasting Plasma Glucose","FPG","Blood Glucose","Fasting Blood Glucose","Random Blood Sugar","RBS","Glucose, Random","Random Glucose","Fasting Blood Sugar","Blood Sugar Fasting","Glucemia","Glicemia","Glicose","Glucose, Plasma","Glucose, Serum or Plasma","Plasma Glucose","Serum Glucose","Blood Sugar","Glucose (Fasting)","Glucose Fasting","Glucose, Fasting, Plasma","Glucose Random","Glucose, Random, Serum","Glucose Level","Blood Glucose Level","Glucose, Non-Fasting","Glucose Non-Fasting","Glucose (Random)","Glucosa","Glucosa en ayunas","Glicemia em jejum","Glycémie","GLU"],"abbreviations":["GLU","FPG","FBG","FBS","RBS"],"loinc":[{"code":"2345-7","primary":true},{"code":"1558-6","primary":false},{"code":"14749-6","primary":false},{"code":"14771-0","primary":false},{"code":"74774-1","primary":false},{"code":"77135-2","primary":false},{"code":"2339-0","primary":false},{"code":"15074-8","primary":false}],"specimen":"serum-or-plasma","units":[{"ucum":"mg/dL","display":"mg/dL"},{"ucum":"mmol/L","display":"mmol/L"},{"ucum":"g/L","display":"g/L"}],"referenceRanges":[{"population":"Adults","low":70,"high":99,"unit":"mg/dL","unitDisplay":"mg/dL","note":"Fasting adult interval (no calories for at least 8 hours), as listed by Labcorp. Its upper limit matches the ADA 'normal' category (below 100 mg/dL, 5.6 mmol/L). It applies to plasma or serum, which run about 11% higher than whole blood. It is a convention, not a guarantee of low risk: in a large study of young men, diabetes risk rose gradually from a fasting glucose of about 87 mg/dL upward, even though everyone was under 100.","sources":[{"title":"Glucose (test 001032)","url":"https://www.labcorp.com/tests/001032/glucose","publisher":"Labcorp"},{"title":"2. Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2026","url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12690183/","publisher":"American Diabetes Association (Diabetes Care)","year":2026},{"title":"Guidelines and recommendations for laboratory analysis in the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus","url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3114322/","publisher":"Diabetes Care (NACB and ADA)","year":2011},{"title":"Normal fasting plasma glucose levels and type 2 diabetes in young men","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16207847/","publisher":"New England Journal of Medicine","year":2005}]}],"review":{"status":"ai-verified","label":"AI-verified against cited sources. Awaiting expert review","lastReviewed":"2026-10-03"},"summary":"Glucose is the sugar in your blood and your body's main fuel. This test shows how much is there at the moment the sample is drawn.","url":"https://bloodtesttracker.com/markers/glucose","notice":"Information, not medical advice. Ranges differ between labs, so the range on your own report is the one your result is judged against."}