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DOI: 10.20945/2359-4292-2026-0020
Abstract Objective: Screening and diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) usually requires a 2-hour, 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), which can be challenging for both patients and healthcare systems. Alternative clinical risk factor-based models have been suggested but have not been extensively tested, particularly in low-resource countries. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of these risk factor-based models as screening tools. Subject and methods: This prospective cohort study involved 400 consenting pregnant women receiving antenatal care in Lagos, […]
Keywords: Accuracy; clinical risk factor-based models; gestational diabetes mellitus; low resource setting; screening