Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy
Screening gestational diabetes with a single fasting glucose versus an oral glucose tolerance test yields similar perinatal outcomes in a multiethnic population
Authors' conclusion
A FPG < 4.7 mmol/L may provide a pragmatic alternative to OGTT screening with comparable perinatal outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- Singleton births from 20 weeks' gestation, multiethnic population
- Participants
- 3,188 / 4,802 / 468
- Exposure
- Simplified screening vs oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) with fasting glucose <4.7 mmol/L
- Screen negativen = 3,188reference
- Normal glucose tolerance (NGT)n = 4,802
- GDMn = 468
- Outcome
- Perinatal outcomes
Methodological detailsstratified by maternal birth region
- Stratified by maternal birth region
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Screen negative group had comparable perinatal outcomes to the NGT group
- GDM group, particularly women born in Central/South-East Asia, had higher rates of small-for-gestational-age infants than screen negative women
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Screening gestational diabetes with a single fasting glucose versus an oral glucose tolerance test yields similar perinatal outcomes in a multiethnic population. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 19 August 2026. doi:10.
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