Do the new threshold levels for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus correctly identify women at risk?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  D'Emden, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LETTER; MACROSOMIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ANALYSIS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893028005     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-2234     Document Type: Letter

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2. Metzger BE, Lowe LP, Dyer AR, et al.; HAPO Study Cooperative Research Group. Hyperglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1991-2002