Identifying women with gestational diabetes based on maternal characteristics: an analysis of four Norwegian prospective studies

• Main Authors: Anam Shakil Rai (Author), Line Sletner (Author), Anne Karen Jenum (Author), Nina Cecilie Øverby (Author), Signe Nilssen Stafne (Author), Tove Lekva (Author), Are Hugo Pripp (Author), Linda Reme Sagedal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is still no worldwide agreement on the best diagnostic thresholds to define gestational diabetes (GDM) or the optimal approach for identifying women with GDM. Should all pregnant women perform an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) or can easily available maternal characteri...