The Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnant Women Referred to Amir al-Mu'minin Hospital of Gerash City, Fars Province, Iran

Elham  Rezaee; Fariba Mohammadi; Mohammad Javad     Boozhmehrani; Parisa   Bagheri

doi:10.18502/ijml.v8i3.7322

Elham Rezaee Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Paramedical School, Gerash University of Medical Sciences, Gerash, Iran
Fariba Mohammadi Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Mohammad Javad Boozhmehrani Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences,Yazd, Iran
Parisa Bagheri Department of Medical Hematology and Blood Banking, Paramedical School, Gerash University of Medical Sciences, Gerash, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/ijml.v8i3.7322

Keywords: Carpenter and Coustan criteria Gestational diabetes mellitus Oral glucose tolerance test Iran

Abstract

Background and Aims: The increasing number of pregnant women being diagnosed as having gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and lead health care providers to develop reliable screening protocols and know the exact worldwide epidemiology of the disease. This study seeks to obtain data that will help to improve the epidemiologic knowledge about this disease.

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 953 pregnant women seeking routine prenatal screening tests. Participants participate with using Carpenter-Coustan criteria in the study. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software.

Results and Conclusions: Among 953 pregnant women , 38 participants (4%) were detected to have GDM . Fifty percent of patients in the study were overweight .The data showed a significant difference in the mean age between the diabetic and non-diabetic groups. The high prevalence of GDM in young Iranian pregnant women may emphasize the need for early diagnosis and treatment to avoid adverse outcomes associated with GDM.