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Study of In Vivo Glucose Metabolism in High-fat Diet-fed Mice Using Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) and Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT)
Published on: January 7, 2018
The relationship between carbohydrate intake and glucose tolerance in pregnant women
Motoi Takizawa1, Takashi Kaneko, Keiko Kohno
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamanashi Medical University, Tamaho, Yamanashi, Japan.
Objective:
We verified whether a misdiagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus can result in pregnant women when glucose tolerance has deteriorated after a low-carbohydrate meal, and tried to elucidate the mechanism behind the different outcome of the test.
Study Design:
Twenty-seven pregnant women were given directions for their evening meal the day before each of two 75-g oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT). The evening meal was either a low-carbohydrate meal (carbohydrate, 6.7%; Low), or a high-carbohydrate meal (carbohydrate, 85.7%; High).
Results:
The OGTT showed that the glucose tolerance was significantly impaired after Low than after High, with a significant increase of fasting plasma non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) level. Moreover, the insulinogenic index (I-I) after High significantly decreased than that after Low.
Conclusions:
The present data suggests that there is a risk of misdiagnosis of impaired glucose tolerance with only one intake of this extremely low-carbohydrate meal on the evening before testing. The decrease of insulin secretion and the activation of glucose-fatty acid cycle may be considered as the mechanism.
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