Postnatal testing following gestational diabetes: time to replace the oral glucose tolerance test?

Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Oct;3(10):754-6. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00232-6. Epub 2015 Jul 13.

Authors

Hema Venkataraman¹, Naveed Sattar², Ponnusamy Saravanan³

Affiliations

¹ Warwick Medical School, Clinical Sciences Research Laboratories, University of Warwick, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK.
² Institute of C&MS, BHF GCRC, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
³ Warwick Medical School, Clinical Sciences Research Laboratories, University of Warwick, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK; George Eliot NHS Trust, Nuneaton, UK. Electronic address: P.Saravanan@warwick.ac.uk.

PMID: 26184672
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00232-6

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnosis*
Diabetes, Gestational*
Female
Fetal Macrosomia / epidemiology*
Glucose Tolerance Test / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Parity
Patient Compliance / statistics & numerical data*
Postnatal Care / statistics & numerical data*
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Smoking / epidemiology*

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