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1 A fasting blood sugar level from 100 to 125 mg/dL (5.6 to 6.9 mmol/L) is considered prediabetes. If it's 126 mg/dL (7 mmol/L) or higher on two separate tests, you have diabetes.  Oral glucose tolerance test. For this test, you fast overnight, and the fasting blood sugar level is measured.
Prediabetes is a âpre-diagnosisâ of diabetesâyou can think of it as a warning sign. Itâs when your blood glucose level (blood sugar level) is higher than normal, but itâs not high enough to be considered diabetes. If your blood glucose level is between 100 and 125mg/dL, you have prediabetes. 2  You may hear the doctor use the phrase âimpaired fasting glucoseâ or IFG, which is another term for prediabetes when itâs diagnosed with the fasting plasma glucose test.