Accuracy of 50-g glucose challenge test to detect International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups criteria-defined hyperglycemia.

Objectives: To determine the accuracy of the 50-g glucose challenge test (GCT) in detecting hyperglycemia in pregnancy (HIP) across a range of glucose thresholds relative to the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups diagnostic criteria, and to determine the accuracy of the 50-g GCT among patients with different risk status.

Methods: The present prospective cohort study included women aged 18-45 years at 24-31  weeks of pregnancy who presented at the Mother and Child Hospital, Akure, Nigeria, between September 1, 2015, and February 29, 2016. Patients underwent the 50-g GCT followed by the 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).

Thyroid autoimmunity in pregnant Nigerians.

Context: Thyroid autoimmunity is a recognized disorder in pregnancy and is associated with a number of adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Aim: This study set out to determine the relationship between pregnancy and thyroid autoimmunity in Nigerian women.

Settings And Design: This was an analytical cross-sectional study carried out in a tertiary hospital in South Western Nigeria with a total study population of 108 pregnant and 52 nonpregnant women.