Women who met study criteria were mailed instructions to follow an unrestricted diet for 3 days preceding the OGTT and to fast at least 10 hours the night before. At each in-person examination, fasting blood specimens were collected between 7:00 and 10:30 a.m. before consumption of 75 g of dextrose (Fisherbrand). Plasma aliquots obtained from fasting and 2-hour postload blood samples were stored at −70 °C until being transported to the University of Washington Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Research Laboratories (Seattle, Washington), which performed enzymatic assays for glucose and double-antibody radioimmunoassays for total insulin developed by the Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center Immunoassay Core Laboratory (Seattle, Washington) (5 (link)).