Jamshaid T, Atif Qureshi, Azhar Shahzad, Arif Siddiqui, Khalil ur Rehman.
Correlation of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus with risk factors.
Pak Postgrad Med J Jan ;13(1):1-3.

This study is designed to find the hospital-based prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in relation to age, parity and risk factors. 400 pregnant females with gestational age of 24 weeks or more attending antenatal clinics of Jinnah Hospital Lahore were included in the study. 27 (6.7%) out of these 400 pregnant females had value of 155 mg/dl or more after 01-hour, when were subjected to 50 gm Glucose Challenge Test (GCT). They were correlated with parity and risk factors like family history of diabetes mellitus and obesity. The risk factors such as overweight (12.29% vs 2.26%), family history of diabetes mellitus (17.55% vs 1.48%) and parity (8.73% vs 3.37%) were strongly associated with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. It is concluded that Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is more prevalent in females who are overweight, multipara and have family history of diabetes mellitus.

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NICE STUDY BUT INCOMPLETE
Posted by: REHANA on May 2005

I WANNA WRITE CRITERIA FOR DOING ;;;oral glucose test ;;; IN MOTHERS WHO WRE AT HIGH RISK OF HAVING ''GDM''1.family hx 2.wt > 80 KG3.AGE >35 YRS 4. PREVIOUS HX OF TWO ABORTIONS 5.HX OF BIG BABY ie >3.8 KG 6.GLYCOSURIA TWO TIMES IN ANTENATAL VISITS.THANX
Posted by: REHANA on May 2005

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