Glucose Tolerance Test

Healthy adults who fasted for the entirety of simulated night-shift work displayed compensatory hyperinsulinemia and maintained glucose tolerance compared with participants who consumed a meal or snack, study results showed.

Young adults with prediabetes are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized for MI compared with young adults without impaired glucose tolerance, suggesting more screening and awareness is needed, researchers reported.

Poor sleep quality and a later bedtime are associated with a more pronounced postprandial glycemic response to breakfast the following morning, according to an analysis published in Diabetologia.

After adjusting for confounders, high fasting blood glucose and 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test values are not significantly associated with an increased risk for developing diabetes after gestational diabetes, according to study data.

Random plasma glucose tests at 12 weeks’ gestation and fasting plasma glucose or HbA1c at 28 weeks’ gestation can safely identify women with hyperglycemia at risk for suboptimal pregnancy outcomes during COVID-19, study data show.

An elevated HbA1c that is still in the prediabetes range was associated with increased risk for neonatal hypoglycemia, particularly among white infants born prematurely, data show.

More than half of the women of Asian ethnicity who participated in a gestational diabetes education program had some form of glucose impairment 4 to 12 weeks after delivery, according to two speakers.

A cohort of healthy women who underwent unsuccessful in vitro fertilization experienced increases in fasting glucose and insulin at 12 weeks that were not observed among similar women who became pregnant, study data show.

Strategies for screening, diagnosis and management of gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic should incorporate alternative testing options and risk stratification in routine antenatal care.