[Performing and interpretating the glucose tolerance test].

Certain conditions like drug use, diet, physical activity, etc., must be adhered to while running the glucose tolerance test. The Second WHO Expert Committee on Diabetes Mellitus (1979) suggested that the oral glucose tolerance test should be carried out with 75 g of glucose (for children 1.75 g/kg of ideal body mass but not over 75 g). During epidemiological investigations a glucose solution should be prepared by a constant concentration method using an areometer. Schematic interpretation expressed in the rectangular coordinate system reflecting diagnosis was offered for the estimation of findings.