Women with a nondiagnostic 75 g glucose tolerance test but elevated HbA1c in pregnancy: An additional group of women with gestational diabetes

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-180

  Rowan, Janet A ^a   Budden, Astrid ^a   Sadler, Lynn C ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

gestational diabetes; glucose tolerance test; HbA1c; obesity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GESTATIONAL DIABETES; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HBA1C; OBESITY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84897542497     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12166     Document Type: Article

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