The discordance between HbA1c and glucose tolerance testing for the postpartum exclusion of diabetes following gestational diabetes

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 72-77

  Duke, Anna ^a,b,c   Yap, Constance ^a,c   Bradbury, Rachel ^a,c   Hng, Tien M ^b,d   Kim, Catherine ^e   Wansbrough, Anne ^a   Cheung, N Wah ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes screening; Gestational diabetes; HbA1c; Postpartum oral glucose tolerance test; Postpartum screening

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADULT; BLOOD; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84926190360     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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