Lower glycaemic criteria for GDM does not cut risk for LGA infants
More women diagnosed with gestational diabetes with use of lower glycaemic criteria, but risk for large-for-gestational-age infants did not differ
Use of lower glycaemic criteria for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes does not alter the risk for large-for-gestational-age infants, according to a study published in the 18 August issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Caroline A Crowther, MD, from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and colleagues randomly assigned 4061 women at 24 to 32 weeks of gestation to be evaluated for gestational diabetes (GDM) with the use of lower or higher glycaemic criteria for diagnosis.
