TY - JOUR
T1 - Glucose Tolerance and Complications of Pregnancy in Nondiabetic Women
AU - Mimouni, Francis
AU - Tsang, Reginald C.
AU - Jarrett, R. J.
AU - Weiss, Barry
AU - Dietrick, Donovan
AU - Navalesi, Renzo
AU - Giampietro, Ottavio
AU - Miccoli, Roberto
AU - Penno, Giuseppe
AU - Gregori, Giovanna
AU - Tallarigo, Lorenzo
PY - 1987/5/21
Y1 - 1987/5/21
N2 - To the Editor: The report by Tallarigo et al. (Oct. 16 issue)1 that even limited degrees of maternal hyperglycemia, currently considered to be in the normal range, may affect the outcome of pregnancy, is intriguing. However, careful analysis of the data presented raises several concerns. First, the relation between the infant's weight and the mother's two-hour plasma glucose concentration is questionable (r = 0.24; r2 = 0.06; thus, 6 percent of variability may be “explained” by the factor studied). As is pointed out by the authors, there was considerable scatter in the data; examination of Figure 1 in the paper.
AB - To the Editor: The report by Tallarigo et al. (Oct. 16 issue)1 that even limited degrees of maternal hyperglycemia, currently considered to be in the normal range, may affect the outcome of pregnancy, is intriguing. However, careful analysis of the data presented raises several concerns. First, the relation between the infant's weight and the mother's two-hour plasma glucose concentration is questionable (r = 0.24; r2 = 0.06; thus, 6 percent of variability may be “explained” by the factor studied). As is pointed out by the authors, there was considerable scatter in the data; examination of Figure 1 in the paper.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198705213162114
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198705213162114
M3 - Letter
C2 - 3574406
AN - SCOPUS:0023661709
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 316
SP - 1343
EP - 1346
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 21
ER -