Is it suitable for DM diagnosis using an abnormal two-hour glucose value only after 24th gestational weeks in China.
Yumei WeiQidi ZhangJuan JuanHui-Xia YangPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2020)
In DM women diagnosed according to the criteria that two-hour glucose value ≥11.1 mmol/L after 24th gestational weeks, there were only eight (10.7%) women could meet DM diagnostic criteria according to the OGTT value of postpartum. Moreover, 25% women had normal OGTT value postpartum. Due to the characteristics of glucose metabolism in Asian population, an abnormal two-hour glucose value in OGTT may not be suitable to diagnose DM during pregnancy in China.