Comparison of Oral Glucose Tolerance Tests and Mixed Meals in Patients with Apparent Idiopathic Postabsorptive Hypoglycemia: Absence of Hypoglycemia After Meals

Arthur Charles, M; Hofeldt, Fred; Shackelford, Annelie; Waldeck, Nancy; Dodson, Leonard E; Bunker, Donna; Coggins, Julian T; Eichner, Harvey

doi:10.2337/diab.30.6.465

Comparison of Oral Glucose Tolerance Tests and Mixed Meals in Patients with Apparent Idiopathic Postabsorptive Hypoglycemia: Absence of Hypoglycemia After Meals

The relationship between symptoms of idiopathic postabsorptive hypoglycemia and glucose homeostasis was evaluated by giving oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and mixed meals to 18 patients and 16 controls. Chemical hypoglycemia after OGTT occurred as often in patients referred because of possib…