Li et al reported a model for predicting post-partum type 2 diabetes in a Chinese woman with gestational diabetes. This can help to identify a woman who should have closer monitoring. The authors are from Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center, Capital Institute of Pediatrics and Peking Union Medical College in China and Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisianna.
Patient selection: Chinese woman with type 2 diabetes
Parameters:
(1) family history of diabetes
(2) BMI category before pregnancy
(3) pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH)
(4) 2-hour 75-gram glucose tolerance test category at 26-30 gestational weeks