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- Title
GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS IN IRANIAN WOMEN: A RISING RATE.
- Authors
Manafi, M.; Khadem-Ansari, M.-H.
- Abstract
Context. Rising incidence of Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been reported in the recent years and it has become an important public health problem, mainly among women aged 35-39 years. Objectives. Frequency of GDM in the females who are living in the northwest of Iran was evaluated. Subjects and Methods. Two hundred and fifty pregnant women at 24-28th weeks of gestation were screened using 50 g oral glucose challenge test (OGCT), and the subjects with blood sugar levels equal or greater than 130 mg/dL were referred to diagnostic 100 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). GDM was diagnosed according to Carpenter and Coustan criteria. Results. Eighty six women (34.4%) with positive result of screening test were selected for subsequent OGTT with 100g oral glucose. GDM was diagnosed in twenty four women (9.6 %) with at least 2 abnormal values. Frequency of GDM in the older subjects or the subjects with high pre-pregnancy or 24-28th weeks' body mass index (BMI) were significantly higher than younger pregnant females or the subjects with low BMI. Conclusion. Prevalence of GDM in the current study was 11.9%, which is higher than earlier reports and implicates that the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus has markedly been increasing in Iran and associated with maternal age and body mass index.
- Subjects
GESTATIONAL diabetes; BODY mass index; PUBLIC health; MATERNAL health; IRANIANS; BLOOD sugar; PROVOCATION tests (Medicine); MATERNAL age; DISEASES
- Publication
Acta Endocrinologica (1841-0987), 2013, Vol 9, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
1841-0987
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4183/aeb.2013.71