Is fasting glucose level during oral glucose tolerance test an indicator of the insulin need in gestational diabetes?

AKINCI B., ÇELTİK A., Yener S., Yesil S.

DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE, vol.82, no.2, pp.219-225, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 82 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.diabres.2008.07.023
  • Journal Name: DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.219-225
  • Keywords: Gestational diabetes, Insulin, OGTT, PLASMA-GLUCOSE, INCREASING PREVALENCE, METABOLIC-CONTROL, GLYCEMIC CONTROL, SCREENING-TEST, WOMEN, PREVENTION, MACROSOMIA, MANAGEMENT, PREGNANCY
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Maintenance of a good metabolic control improves foetal and maternal outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The aim of this study is to investigate the utility of diagnostic oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in prediction of the need of insulin in patients with GDM.