[Standard meal substitute for oral glucose tolerance test in pregnancy].
The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) has been the recommended method of screening for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes. Based on the glycemic index of common foods, a standard meal was designed as a substitute meal test (SMT). It consisted of 3 slices of toast (75 g) with 60 g of jam, 11 g of sugar in a cup of tea, and 150 g of canned puree sweetened with sugar (8%), for a total of 118 g of available carbohydrate and a total of 518 cal. Plasma glucose concentrations of 46 pregnant women in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters were determined at 20 minute intervals for 3 hours after ingestion of this SMT, and were compared with those after a 100 g OGTT meal. There was a high correlation (r = 0.96, p less than 0.001) between comparable glucose concentrations after the 2 tests. With the SMT there were significantly fewer side-effects (nausea and vomiting), a higher level on preference scoring and reduced interassay variability of glucose levels after 2 hours. 6 gestational diabetics were diagnosed by the OGTT. In these patients glucose concentrations were higher than 3 standard deviations above the mean 2 hours after ingestion of the SMT. We propose the SMT as a side-effect-free, reliable and convenient alternative to the OGTT in pregnancy.
Katz
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Bernstein
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Modan
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Lubin
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Yedvab
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Zakut
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D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000175:diagnosis*
D001786:Blood Glucose