%0 Journal Article %T First Trimester Fasting Blood Glucose as a Screening Tool for Diabetes Mellitus in a Teaching Hospital Setting in Nigeria %A M. Abbey %A T. Kasso %J Asian Journal of Medicine and Health (ISSN: 2456-8414) This journal has no connection with any society or association, related to Medicine or Medical research and allied fields. This is an independent journal run by SDI. Disclaimer: %D 2018 %R 10.9734/AJMAH/2018/39385 %X Aim: The study sought to ascertain the performance of first trimester fasting blood glucose as a screening tool for diabetes mellitus (gestational or pre-gestational), to justify its introduction as one of the booking blood tests in the first trimester and to determine the association of risk factors with gestational diabetes. %U http://www.sciencedomain.org/abstract/23468