A Direct Comparison of the Measurement of a Random Plasma Glucose and a Post‐50 g Glucose Load Glucose, in the Detection of Gestational Diabetes
- 13 February 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 34 (1), 28-30
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828x.1994.tb01034.x
Abstract
Summary: We have compared the use of a random plasma glucose measured within 2 hours of a meal and a plasma glucose measured 1 hour after a 50 g glucose load to detect pregnant patients likely to have an abnormal 100 g glucose tolerance test at 28 weeks' gestation. The 50 g glucose load detected 24 of 28 women with gestational diabetes whereas the random plasma glucose detected only 13 of these patients. The 50 g glucose load gave fewer false positives, that is, patients who had an abnormal screening test but went on to have a normal glucose tolerance test (8.8% versus 13.4%). These data support the use of the 50 g glucose load to screen pregnant women for gestational diabetes as recommended by Australian authorities (1).Keywords
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