blood glucose level calculated blood glucose level 2010-11-09T09:35:22Z A measurement which has been normalized, adjusted or derived by a mathematical process or computation of the amount of glucose, the monosaccharide sugar, C6H12O6, occurring widely in plant and animal tissues which is one of the three dietary monosaccharides that are absorbed directly into the bloodstream during digestion, is the end product of carbohydrate metabolism, and is the chief source of energy for living organisms, in a specified volume of blood, the fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, capillaries and veins carrying nutrients and oxygen to the body tissues and metabolites away from them. CMO:0000352 EFO:0010120 clinical_measurement_ontology fasting blood glucose change measurement mshimoyama