Serum fructosamine is not a useful screening test for gestational diabetes.
Serum fructosamine was measured in 569 samples of pregnant women without gestational diabetes. We defined abnormal fructosamine as mean + 2SD, and analysed its potential value to detect patients with gestational diabetes diagnosed with current screening criteria. We found serum fructosamine to be an insensitive parameter: Measured at the time of a positive 50 g glucose screening, SF would have detected 4/48 gestational diabetes.
Corcoy
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Service of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Cerqueira
M J
MJ
Pedreño
J
J
Matas
J
J
Codina
M
M
Pou
J M
JM
de Leiva
A
A
Cabero
L
L
D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D019270:Fructosamine; D006595:Hexosamines / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012017:Referral and Consultation
D001786:Blood Glucose; D006595:Hexosamines; D019270:Fructosamine