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In pregnancy, a normal result on the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) that follows an abnormal screening glucose challenge test (GCT) is considered a reassuring finding, requiring no further intervention. The obstetrical and metabolic implications of this presentation, however, have not been well studied. Thus, we sought to characterize the obstetrical and postpartum metabolic significance of an abnormal GCT in women with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) on antepartum OGTT. DESIGN/PATIENTS/MEASUREMENTS: A total of 259 women with NGT on antepartum OGTT (166 with an abnormal GCT and 93 with a normal GCT) underwent (i) metabolic evaluation in pregnancy, (ii) assessment of obstetrical outcome at delivery and (iii) repeat metabolic characterization by OGTT at 3 months postpartum.
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Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital, Division of Endocrinology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. rretnakaran@mtsinai.on.ca
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