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SCREENING FOR DIABETES DURING PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Gillmer M. D. G.,
Oakley N. W.,
Beard R. W.,
Nithyananthan R.,
Cawston M.
Publication year - 1980
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.1471-0528.1980.tb04563.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , ingestion , pregnancy , glucose tolerance test , plasma glucose , population , obstetrics , endocrinology , environmental health , insulin resistance , biology , genetics
Summary Blood was taken for plasma glucose estimation one hour after oral ingestion of 50 g of glucose in 948 of 970 women booking at an antenatal clinic during one year. An abnormal result (≧7.7 mmol/1) was obtained in 74 subjects of whom 68 subsequently had an oral glucose tolerance test. Fourteen of these women (1·5 per cent of the study population) were found to have chemical diabetes.