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CHANGES IN THE ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST DURING THE PUERPERIUM
Author(s) -
LlND T.,
Harris V. G.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00866.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , medicine , biology , paleontology
Summary Oral glucose tolerance tests were performed during late pregnancy, on the second and fifth days of the puerperium and finally six weeks after delivery in a group of 12 healthy women. The glucose response showed no significant change from the pregnancy values on the second and fifth days of the puerperium but each woman had returned to ‘normal’ by the sixth week post partum. In contrast, the insulin response had returned to the non‐pregnant value by the second day of the puerperium.