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Criteria for gestational diabetes in adults may not apply to adolescents

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 26th, 2003

The criteria for diagnosing gestational diabetes in adults may not be applicable to pregnant adolescents.

According to recent research published in the Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, "There is an increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) among adolescents (especially females), and the serum glucose concentrations in pregnant women <25 years during a 3-hour oral glucose tolerance test (3-hour OGTT) seem to be lower than those of pregnant women >25 years."

"Among 115 Mexican pregnant adolescents (<18 years) we analyzed their serum glucose concentrations during: a 1-hour 50-g glucose challenge test (GCT)...

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