To determine whether a threshold of a 1-h glucose challenge test (GCT) eliminates the need for a 3-h glucose tolerance test (GTT). Of 6218 patients, 988 (15.9%) had an elevated GCT and 753 (12.1%) ...

THE liver plays an important role in the metabolism of carbohydrates. Clinical investigators have frequently reported observations of disturbed carbohydrate metabolism in the presence of liver disease ...