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Glucose Tolerance in Twin Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Dwyer P. L.,
Oats J. N.,
Walstab J. E.,
Beischer N. A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1982.tb01425.x
Subject(s) - singleton , medicine , twin pregnancy , obstetrics , gestational diabetes , pregnancy , gestation , perinatal mortality , fetus , biology , genetics
Summary: Over a 10‐year period, 50 g oral glucose tolerance tests were performed in 288 patients with twin pregnancies and 20,030 with singleton pregnancies. In multiple pregnancies the fasting blood glucose value was significantly reduced (P<0.001), but the values at 1, 2 and 3 hours were not significantly different from those in singleton pregnancies. The incidences of both gestational diabetes (5.6%) and gestational hypoglycaemia (3.9%) in twin pregnancies were more than double those in singleton pregnancies (2.5% and 1.7%, respectively) (P<0.01). As the risk of perinatal death is increased in these patients, glucose tolerance tests should be performed in all patients with twin pregnancies.