All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 04–08 Jan 2009 · Birla Auditorium, Jaipur

Aim : To find out whether 2-hours 75 g WHO OGCT is as efficacious as 75 g WHO OGTT in detecting Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women between 24 to 28 weeks. Methodology : 200 pregnant women between 24 to 28 weeks of gestation were randomly selected irrespective of age, parity and previous obstetric outcome. History and clinical examination details were collected for the selected women. Oral Glucose Challenge Test was performed with 75 g of glucose according to WHO protocol. Blood glucose was estimated 2 hours after oral glucose bolus. The same women were also subjected to Oral Glucose Tolerance Test with 75 g of glucose according to WHO protocol 2 days later.