Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Gestational ...

The women had an antepartum HbA1c test (at different gestational weeks) and a postpartum 75 g oral glucose tolerance test to diagnose probable undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. Almost 8% of 403 women who had an HbA1c test result ≥ 48 mmol/mol were diagnosed with diabetes postpartum (Burlingame et al 2012; refer to Appendix G, Table 16). ................
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