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C-peptide and CFRD

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SaltyAndSweet

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To answer my own question.... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> And to help anyone else who may wonder the answer...

C-Peptide levels are measured to determine between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

It is possible for people with CF to have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, and the rates of this happening are the same as in the "normal/healthy" population.

People with Type 1 (typically called insulin-dependent) diabetes have a low level of c-peptide, while Type 2's have a normal or higher than normal level.

CFRD is different from both Type 1 and Type 2, although shares some of the same characteristics.

A normal c-peptide test in someone with CFRD just proves it is CFRD and not Type 1 diabetes.
 
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SaltyAndSweet

New member
To answer my own question.... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> And to help anyone else who may wonder the answer...

C-Peptide levels are measured to determine between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

It is possible for people with CF to have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, and the rates of this happening are the same as in the "normal/healthy" population.

People with Type 1 (typically called insulin-dependent) diabetes have a low level of c-peptide, while Type 2's have a normal or higher than normal level.

CFRD is different from both Type 1 and Type 2, although shares some of the same characteristics.

A normal c-peptide test in someone with CFRD just proves it is CFRD and not Type 1 diabetes.
 
S

SaltyAndSweet

New member
To answer my own question.... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> And to help anyone else who may wonder the answer...

C-Peptide levels are measured to determine between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

It is possible for people with CF to have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, and the rates of this happening are the same as in the "normal/healthy" population.

People with Type 1 (typically called insulin-dependent) diabetes have a low level of c-peptide, while Type 2's have a normal or higher than normal level.

CFRD is different from both Type 1 and Type 2, although shares some of the same characteristics.

A normal c-peptide test in someone with CFRD just proves it is CFRD and not Type 1 diabetes.
 
S

SaltyAndSweet

New member
To answer my own question.... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> And to help anyone else who may wonder the answer...

C-Peptide levels are measured to determine between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

It is possible for people with CF to have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, and the rates of this happening are the same as in the "normal/healthy" population.

People with Type 1 (typically called insulin-dependent) diabetes have a low level of c-peptide, while Type 2's have a normal or higher than normal level.

CFRD is different from both Type 1 and Type 2, although shares some of the same characteristics.

A normal c-peptide test in someone with CFRD just proves it is CFRD and not Type 1 diabetes.
 
S

SaltyAndSweet

New member
To answer my own question.... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> And to help anyone else who may wonder the answer...

C-Peptide levels are measured to determine between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

It is possible for people with CF to have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, and the rates of this happening are the same as in the "normal/healthy" population.

People with Type 1 (typically called insulin-dependent) diabetes have a low level of c-peptide, while Type 2's have a normal or higher than normal level.

CFRD is different from both Type 1 and Type 2, although shares some of the same characteristics.

A normal c-peptide test in someone with CFRD just proves it is CFRD and not Type 1 diabetes.
 
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AnD

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Thanks! I was hoping someone could give you an answer, because I hadn't even heard of c-peptide before, and I found no info on CFRD and c-peptides when I googled it.

Hmmm, I wonder if normal c-peptide numbers indicates that you are producing the right amount of insulin, but a high A1C means that it is just getting out too slowly- a question for my first endocrinologist appt. this week, I guess.
 
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AnD

New member
Thanks! I was hoping someone could give you an answer, because I hadn't even heard of c-peptide before, and I found no info on CFRD and c-peptides when I googled it.

Hmmm, I wonder if normal c-peptide numbers indicates that you are producing the right amount of insulin, but a high A1C means that it is just getting out too slowly- a question for my first endocrinologist appt. this week, I guess.
 
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AnD

New member
Thanks! I was hoping someone could give you an answer, because I hadn't even heard of c-peptide before, and I found no info on CFRD and c-peptides when I googled it.

Hmmm, I wonder if normal c-peptide numbers indicates that you are producing the right amount of insulin, but a high A1C means that it is just getting out too slowly- a question for my first endocrinologist appt. this week, I guess.
 
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AnD

New member
Thanks! I was hoping someone could give you an answer, because I hadn't even heard of c-peptide before, and I found no info on CFRD and c-peptides when I googled it.

Hmmm, I wonder if normal c-peptide numbers indicates that you are producing the right amount of insulin, but a high A1C means that it is just getting out too slowly- a question for my first endocrinologist appt. this week, I guess.
 
A

AnD

New member
Thanks! I was hoping someone could give you an answer, because I hadn't even heard of c-peptide before, and I found no info on CFRD and c-peptides when I googled it.

Hmmm, I wonder if normal c-peptide numbers indicates that you are producing the right amount of insulin, but a high A1C means that it is just getting out too slowly- a question for my first endocrinologist appt. this week, I guess.
 
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