Clinical significance of second-trimester 50-g glucose challenge test among Japanese women diagnosed as normoglycemic after first-trimester 75-g glucose tolerance test

• Main Authors: Mamoru Morikawa (Author), Takahiro Yamada (Author), Takashi Yamada (Author), Takashi Kojima (Author), Ryutaro Nishida (Author), Kazutoshi Cho (Author), Hisanori Minakami (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: This study was performed to determine how often Japanese women diagnosed as normoglycemic on first-trimester 75-g glucose tolerance test (75gGTT) later develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Material and methods: Sixty-two women with random plasma glucose (PG) level ≥ 105 mg/dL duri...