A prospective study of three tests of glucose tolerance in pregnant women selected for potential diabetes with reference to the foetal outcome

Abstract

Results of glucose tolerance tests in a selected group of 1718 patients studied at the thirty-second week of gestation are related, a) mainly to the maternal weight, and b) in part to the maternal age, foetal maturity at delivery and foetal weight at delivery. No clear preference between the three tests emerges, but the K value (glucose disappearance rate after I.V. glucose) appears to be most sensitive to the variables studied. It is not possible to predict the foetal outcome with information obtained from a glucose tolerance test carried out at the thirty-second week of gestation. © 1971 Springer-Verlag.