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ArticleThe Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology2025

Postprandial Hyperglycaemia Screening and Pregnancy Outcomes-Lessons From COVID -19.

Beenu Bastian, Lisa Gaye Smithers, Ansar Kunjunju, Alexia Pape, Monique Francois

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Article in The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Beenu BastianSchool of Medical Indigenous and Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9266-9817
Lisa Gaye SmithersSchool of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Ansar KunjunjuThe Wollongong Hospital, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Alexia PapeIllawarra Shoalhaven Diabetes Service, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Monique FrancoisSchool of Medical Indigenous and Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

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Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health DistrictNational Health and Medical Research Council APP1177234
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backgroundDuring COVID-19, the diagnosis and treatment of GDM differed from conventional criteria. In Australia, during the alternative testing period, women with fasting glucose < 4.7 mmol/L were not diagnosed with GDM.

aimTo describe the maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with fasting blood glucose < 4.7 mmol/L for whom the diagnosis and treatment pathways differed before and during COVID-19. MATERIALS AND

methodsAn Australian population-based data linkage study involving 3891 women with fasting blood glucose < 4.7 mmol/L between 24 and 32 weeks of gestation categorised into three groups: women diagnosed with GDM by postprandial hyperglycaemia (PPGDM; n = 226); normal glucose tolerance group (NGT; n = 3125) and women not tested for postprandial hyperglycaemia, mostly during COVID-19 (LFBG; n = 540). Perinatal outcomes were compared using generalised linear models.

resultsThere were no differences between PPGDM and NGT groups in the risk of large for gestational age infants (RR 0.98, 95% CI: 0.63-1.52) although the mean birth weight (MD -103.43, 95% CI: -175.46 to -31.40)) was lower in the PPGDM group. The maternal and neonatal outcomes in the LFBG group were mostly comparable to the NGT group.

conclusionIn our study, the Australian COVID-19 GDM screening protocol, which includes initial fasting glucose testing, reduced the need for an OGTT in 67% of pregnant women. Diagnosis and treatment for postprandial hyperglycaemia in women with lower FBG should consider the benefits, as well as the financial, logistical and psychological costs involved.

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COVID-19Diabetes, GestationalHyperglycemiaPregnancy OutcomeAdultAustraliaBirth WeightBlood GlucoseFemaleGlucose Tolerance TestHumansInfant, NewbornMass ScreeningPostprandial PeriodPregnancySARS-CoV-2Blood Glucosefasting glucoseGDMgestational diabetesoral glucose tolerance testpregnancypregnancy outcomes

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PMCPMC12723093

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