title: Prenatal glucose screening.
abstract: Of 3,563 consecutive obstetric patients undergoing glucose screening, 517 (14.5%) were found to have plasma values of greater than or equal to 140 mg%, and 74 (14.3%) of 517 were found to be diabetic on standard oral glucose tolerance testing, for an overall incidence of 2.1%. There was no absolute value on the glucose screen that predicted an abnormal oral glucose tolerance test. Twenty-eight of the 74 diabetics demonstrated none of the classic risk factors for glucose intolerance during pregnancy. Only when combining those patients over 30 years of age and with a mean body weight greater than 120% of the ideal body weight was statistical significance reached when that group was compared to the overall group. Thus, our data support the recommendation for universal prenatal glucose screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis 38103.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Dacus
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muram
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Phipps
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors