title: [Changes in glucose metabolism in gestational diabetes mellitus during and after pregnancy].
abstract: Twenty-nine pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) diagnosed before the 34th gestational week had three intravenous glucose tolerance tests (IVGTT) performed during pregnancy and a follow-up with OGTT post partum. The women with a normal OGTT post partum had a significant decrease in fasting serum glucose from the 33rd to the 38th week in pregnancy (4.8-->4.0 mmol/l, p < 0.05). However, the women with a diabetic/borderline OGTT showed no decrease in fasting serum glucose during the same period (5.1-->5.0 mmol/l). The K-value (the diminution rate of blood glucose) of the IVGTT in week 38 was significantly lower in women with puerperal diabetic/borderline OGTT compared with women with a normal post partum OGTT (1.05 +/- 0.07 vs. 1.32 +/- 0.08 -10(2) x mmol/l x min-1, respectively, p < 0.05). Diabetic or borderline diabetic OGTT in the first week post partum was significantly associated with a decrease in the K-value from week 33 to 38 (p < 0.05). Early diagnosis of GDM was found to be associated with a pathological OGTT post partum (p < 0.05). Five of 22 women (23%) with previous GDM had a diabetic and one (5%) a borderline OGTT at follow-up four to thirteen months post partum. High fasting serum glucose levels during the last trimester in GDM can identify the women at risk of diabetic/borderline OGTT post partum.
authors.affiliation: Gynaekologisk/obstetrisk afdeling Y, Arhus Universitetshospital, Arhus Kommunehospital.
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Lauszus
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Klebe
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Grøn
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lauszus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood*; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
vernacular_title: Forandringer i glukosestofskiftet ved gestationel diabetes mellitus under og efter graviditet.