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while follow-up was omitted in the remaining two. A
family history of diabetes was found in 18% of the whole
group, but other risk factors, such as bad obstetric
history, preeclampsia, glycosuria, obesity or fetal mal-
formations, were less common. There was no significant
difference in the incidence of abnormal tests in women
whose babies weighed 4.500-4.899 g compared with those
with babies weighing 4.900 g or more.
It is concluded that the efficacy of postpartum glucose
tolerance tests in women having high birthweight babies
is poor for detecting impaired glucose tolerance and
useless in the diagnosis of gestational diabetes. The
practice should be discontinued.
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