What: A study of over 300 women found that a one-hour glucose tolerance test given postpartum actually outperforms the typical two-hour test in predicting future risk of diabetes among women who had gestational diabetes.
Key line: “Gestational diabetes provides a unique opportunity to identify a very high risk of a major future illness at a young age…It is for this reason that, after having gestational diabetes, it is recommended that women do an oral glucose tolerance test within 6 months of delivery. But the reality is that many women don’t come back to do this test. The first six months postpartum are hectic, and finding time for a two-hour test is challenging,” [said Dr. Retnakaran, a Professor at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine.]