Table 1.

Characteristics of 17 pregnant women at the time of diagnosis.

CASE	GROUP	INSULIN THERAPY	AGE AT DIAGNOSIS	COMORBIDITY	GESTATIONAL WEEK AT DIAGNOSIS	ABNORMAL VALUE POINT ON 75-g OGTT	HbA1c (%)
1	Diet	−	44		24 w, 0 d	1 hour	5.4
2	Diet	−	38		30 w, 4 d	1 hour	5.2
3	Diet	−	42	Administration of ritodrine	28 w, 0 d	2 hours	5.0
4	Diet	−	40	Administration of ritodrine	26 w, 1 d	1 hour	5.1
5	Diet	−	34		21 w, 2 d	2 hours	5.1
6	Diet	−	41		31 w, 6 d	2 hours	5.4
7	Diet	−	39		25 w, 2 d	1 hour	5.5
8	Ins	+	35		30 w, 0 d	2 hours	5.2
9	Ins	+	39		31 w, 6 d	0, 1 and 2 hours	5.4
10	Ins	+	36		27 w, 0 d	1 and 2 hours	5.2
11	Ins	+	42	HIV infection, Depression, Obesity	17 w, 1 d	1 hour	4.8
12	Ins	+	37	Pregnancy-induced hypertension, Obesity	30 w, 6 d	2 hours	5.5
13	Ins	+	30	Monochorionic diamniotic twins	25 w, 0 d	1 hour	5.7
14*	Overt	+	35		30 w, 3 d	1 and 2 hours	6.8
15	Overt	+	31	Hypertension, Obesity	13 w, 1 d	1 and 2 hours	7.2
16	Overt	−	38	Ulcerative colitis, Obesity	25 w, 4 d	0 and 1 hour	6.7
17	DM	+	37	Obesity	9 w, 0 d	Not administered	9.8

Notes:

^*After two years, this woman visited a doctor because of fatigue and was diagnosed as having insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody was positive, and insulin secretion was impaired.