[Glucose tolerance disorders in pregnant women]

The authors present the results of study of 582 women with the use of glucose tolerance test. Disturbances of this tolerance were revealed in 11.3% of cases, and latent and manifest diabetes--in 4%. The detected disturbances of carbohydrate metabolism were independent of the periods of pregnancy and parity. They were much greater in the older women with normal weight. The authors consider prophylactic dietetic measures to be expedient in women with disturbed glucose tolerance.