Multiple positive points during the 75 g oral glucose tolerance test are good predictors for early insulin therapy in gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosed before 24 gestational weeks.
Yoshifumi KasugaMarina TakahashiKaoru KajikawaKeisuke AkitaJunko TamaiYuka FukumaYuya TanakaKeita HasegawaToshimitsu OtaniSatoru IkenoueMamoru TanakaPublished in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2024)
Although further research is needed, our data suggest the importance of early insulin therapy in cases of E-GDM with multiple abnormal OGTT values, especially with high 1 h-PG levels and initial increase.