Evaluation of Early Screening for Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy with Hemoglobin A1c

Abstract

Early diabetes screening is recommended for high-risk pregnant women risk via a 1-hour glucose challenge test (1-hour GCT). Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) can be obtained with initial obstetric laboratories. We sought to examine the relationship between HbA1c and 1-hour GCT for early diabetes screening in pregnancy.

Keywords

• diabetes
• pregnancy
• screening
• glucose challenge test
• hemoglobin A1c