The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test—Is It Time for a Change?—A Literature Review with an Emphasis on Pregnancy

• Published in: Journal of clinical medicine Vol. 9; no. 11; p. 3451
• Main Authors: Bogdanet, Delia, O’Shea, Paula, Lyons, Claire, Shafat, Amir, Dunne, Fidelma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 27.10.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Biomarkers; Clinical medicine; Fasting; Gestational age; Gestational diabetes; Glucose; Pregnancy; Reproducibility; Review; Risk factors; Womens health; oral glucose tolerance test; diabetes; gestational diabetes; reproducibility

Globally, gestational diabetes (GDM) is increasing at an alarming rate. This increase is linked to the rise in obesity rates among women of reproductive age. GDM poses a major global health problem due to the related micro- and macro-vascular complications of subsequent Type 2 diabetes and the impac...