Routine screening for gestational diabetes in white, black, and Mexican-American teenagers.
This study assesses the frequency of gestational diabetes in a multiethnic teenage pregnancy clinic. One hundred thirty-seven women age 12-18 years were screened with a 1-hour 50-gm glucola test at 24-34 weeks gestation. Screening tests were positive in 5.8% of these teenagers, of whom half were obese. Gestational diabetes was documented in two primiparas (1.4%). Maternal weight gain was excessive in 54%, and 8.7% of the total group had macrosomic infants. We conclude that gestational diabetes should be screened for in all young pregnant women with the screening test recommended by the Second International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes.
Truscello
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AM
Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego Medical Center.
Hollingsworth
D R
DR
Felice
M E
ME
Shragg
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D000293:Adolescent; D001724:Birth Weight; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002140:California; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000097:blood; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*
D001786:Blood Glucose