Serum fructosamine: a screening test for diabetes in pregnancy.
Serum fructosamine levels were measured in 1200 pregnant women at different stages of gestation, 167 of them having a glucose tolerance test. There was a significant fall in fructosamine levels throughout pregnancy and details of normal values at different gestational stages are presented. A good correlation was found between fructosamine and glucose tolerance test (r = 0.813). Nine women had gestational diabetes diagnosed by glucose tolerance test and eight of those had a serum fructosamine level greater than the ninety-fifth percentile. This study confirms our previous findings that serum fructosamine may be a useful screening test for gestational diabetes.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019270:Fructosamine; D005865:Gestational Age; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006595:Hexosamines / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
D006595:Hexosamines; D019270:Fructosamine