Screening for gestational diabetes at antenatal booking in a Malaysian university hospital: The role of risk factors and threshold value for the 50-g glucose challenge test

• Main Authors: Tan, P.C., Ling, L.P., Omar, Siti Zawiah
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: R Medicine; RG Gynecology and obstetrics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10868/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00717.x/full

Background: The best method of screening for gestational diabetes (GDM) remains unsettled. The 50-g glucose challenge test (GCT) is used in a two-stage screening process but its best threshold value can vary according to population. Aims: To evaluate the role of risk factors in conjunction with GCT...