May 8, 2007 — In nondiabetic women, menopause, but not age, is an independent risk factor for elevated fasting plasma glucose levels, according to the results of a study published in the May-June issue of Menopause.

in the entire article it goes over the test subjects and the outcome was that menupause and not nessacerily age was a predertminiate risk for elevated glusose levels. this gace rise to a supposition that many menuopausal women who are disgnosed as type 2s may in fact not be true types 2 but rather be causitive temporary types that will alleviate itself after menopause quits.

what they further went on to discver is if a woman is not diagnosed with type 2, and proper treatment strated and then control given, the probability of long term subsequent damage is equal to those who were diabetic longer or premanopause. Basically if your in menopause get yourself tested with an in hospital fasting GTT. The gold standard with an A1C.