METABOLIC SCREENING FOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES

摘要

The invention provides a method for screening for and detection of diabetes mellitus in a subject that comprises assaying a test sample of urine from the subject for a metabolic marker of diabetes. An elevated or reduced amount of marker present in the test sample compared to a control sample is indicative of diabetes. The method can be used to screen for gestational diabetes early in pregnancy, or to detect diabetes or susceptibility to diabetes, in pregnant or non-pregnant subjects.