Blood glucose measurements. (Labor Assisting/Childbirth Education).Israeli researchers studied sixty-eight women with gestational diabetes mellitus gestational diabetes mellitus Glucose intolerance first detected during pregnancy Associations ↑ Maternal and fetal perinatal complications, tendency to develop glucose intolerance in absence of pregnancy 5-10 yrs later Incidence Up to 5% of pregnancies (GDM (Global DOS Memory) The first megabyte of memory that DOS supports. It consists of conventional memory (0-640K), the UMA (640-1,024K) and the HMA (1,024-1,088K). ). They noted that discrepancies between one-hour and two-hour postmeal measurements varied depending on the time of day at which they were taken. The women measured blood glucose blood glucose Diabetology The principal sugar produced by the body from food–especially carbohydrates, but also from proteins and fats; glucose is the body's major source of energy, is transported to cells via the circulation and used by cells in the presence at fasting and at one and two hours after meals for a week. The rate of abnormal glucose levels per person was 27.1 percent during fasting and 17.8 percent and 17.2 percent one and two hours after eating, respectively. Following breakfast, glucose was elevated in 22.4 percent of patients after one hour, but only in 8.5 percent of patients after two hours. After lunch, the two values did not differ significantly. Following dinner, more two-hour measurements were elevated compared with one-hour measurements, at 30.1 percent and 16.3 percent, respectively. The researchers believe that these differences may be due to varied meal composition or to increased insulin resistance Insulin Resistance Definition Insulin resistance is not a disease as such but rather a state or condition in which a person's body tissues have a lowered level of response to insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas that helps to regulate the level in the morning hours. --American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology obstetrics and gynecology Medical and surgical specialty concerned with the management of pregnancy and childbirth and with the health of the female reproductive system. , 2001 |
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