The 6.5 was a fasting reading and fits your history. The 4.5 was not a fasting reading since you had the glucose. You are supposed to sit quietly for the two hours. If you had not had anything else afterwards (fasted again) I presume a liver dump would have put you back to 6.5 or so.
Thank you very much for the replies.
I have no symptoms and I limit my CH intake because I know that if I don't my fasting readings go above 6.5.
Based on this glucose intolerance I consider myself to be in the pre-diabetes category.
I have a meter and I have been using it at semi-regular intervals for a few years to see how I'm travelling. I also have a proper blood test once a year.
The GTT suggests that my body can process glucose very well. This is not consistent with my history.
Also, when I did the GTT I took a reading with my own meter. The initial reading was almost identical to the blood test. The second reading after 2 hs was 7.5 vs 4.5 from the blood test. This is a huge difference but 7.5 would be more consistent with my history.
Either my meter is rubbish or the blood test is wrong.
@nicbarn
I to find that my BG is lower @ 2hrs after OGTT. I start @ ~5 and peak @ 55 min at BG= ~10 before reaching ~4 @ 2 hrs and will fall to the 3s before rising to the 4s @ ~3hrs.
This is because my secondary insulin response is OK but my pimary insulin response is shot to @*%