Gestational diabetes mellitus

Authors
Sweeney, AT Brown, FM
Citation
At. Sweeney et Fm. Brown, Gestational diabetes mellitus, CLIN LAB M, 21(1), 2001, pp. 173
Citations number
106
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology
Journal title
CLINICS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE
ISSN journal
02722712 → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-2712(200103)21:1<173:GDM>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The diagnostic thresholds for gestational diabetes mellitus were originally defined as two standard deviations above the mean on the 100g 3-hour oral glucose tolerance test. These criteria predicted the mother's future risk o f diabetes rather than pregnancy outcomes. The precise threshold at which g lucose intolerance adversely affects outcome is unknown and accounts for th e controversy in the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus.