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Table 11-6

Postpartum Glucose Tolerance Testa

No DMImpaired Glucose ToleranceOvert DM
8 h fasting<100 mg/dL100-125 mg/dL>126 mg/dL
2 h after 75-g glucose load<140 mg/dL140-199 mg/dL>200 mg/dL

Abbreviation: DM, diabetes mellitus.


aAdapted from Metzger BE, Buchanan TA, Coustan DR, et al. Summary and recommendations of the Fifth International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Care. 2007;30(2):S251 and American Diabetes Association. Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes2010. Diabetes Care. 2010;33(suppl 1):S11-S61.