The American Diabetes Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the National Diabetes Education Program recommend testing within 4 — 12 weeks postpartum with a 2 hour 75
g oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT).2 75 76
We examined 60 healthy nondiabetic subjects (normal 75 -
g oral glucose tolerance test, aged 23 to 83, 15 men and 45 women).
Glucose tolerance was measured by a 75 -
g oral glucose tolerance test.
Not exact matches
Three studies diagnosed diabetes from a 75 -
g oral -
glucose -
tolerance test (6, 21, 23), 3 from fasting plasma
glucose concentrations (11, 22, 24), and one study used postload or fasting
glucose concentrations (10).
A total of 13 healthy pregnant women underwent an
oral glucose tolerance test (75
g of
glucose delivered orally, a standard method for determining insulin sensitivity).
The general signs of insulin resistance may make it difficult to pinpoint but it can be diagnosed clinically by taking a fasting insulin level (over 25 ml / U / L) or blood insulin and
glucose levels obtained during 120 min of a standard (75 g glucose) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), see normal values
glucose levels obtained during 120 min of a standard (75
g glucose) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), see normal values
glucose)
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), see normal values
Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), see normal values below.
However, in this analysis, diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus was based on results with highly abnormal serum
glucose concentrations of 10.3 mmol / L or more on the 1 - hour 50 -
g glucose challenge
test — the threshold at which women do not require further confirmatory
testing with an
oral glucose tolerance test.34