Beyond Glucose Monitoring: Triglyceride Monitoring in Pregnancy Emerging evidence suggests that triglycerides —particularly postprandial triglycerides (PPTG)—may be stronger predictors of fetal overgrowth than glucose in pregnancies complicated by obesity and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). However, routine triglyceride monitoring remains limited due to dependence on laboratory-based venipuncture. In this prospective study, 35 pregnant women (BMI 33 ± 4 kg/m²; 59% obesity, 41% GDM) underwent simultaneous fasting triglyceride assessment using both venous plasma (vTG) and a point-of-care (POC) capillary fingerstick device.
A subset (n=23) also underwent postprandial testing at 1- and 2-hours following a standardized meal. Agreement between methods was evaluated using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and Bland–Altman analysis. Results demonstrated strong agreement between POC…
