Clinical Significance cont'd
Conditions in which glucose levels in the urine are above 100 mg/dL and detectable include:
- diabetes mellitus and other endocrine disorders
- impaired tubular reabsorption due to advanced kidney disease
- pregnancy - glycosuria developing in the 3rd trimester may be due to latent diabetes mellitus
- central nervous system damage
- pancreatic disease
- disturbances of metabolism such as, burns, infection or fractures
