GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS

STILL A GREAT PROBLEM

Authors

  • Afsheen Qazi Indus Medical College, Tando Mohammad Khan
  • Amin Fahim Al-Tibri Medical College, Karachi
  • Aneela Qureshi3 Al-Tibri Medical College, Karachi
  • Mazhar ul Haque Al-Tibri Medical College, Karachi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2016.23.01.751

Keywords:

Gestational diabetes mellitus, multiparous, obesity

Abstract

Objectives: The present study was designed to find the importance of proper
screening and early diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus. Study Design: A prospective/
descriptive study Place of Study: tertiary care hospital Hyderabad. Duration of Study: from
September 2014 to November 2014. Materials and Methods: A total of 168 pregnant females
between the ages of 20-40 years & in their 24th to 28th week of gestation were enrolled for the
study. Oral Glucose Tolerance Test of all the participants was done after an overnight fasting of
10-12 hours. All the participants were given 75gm of glucose per 100 ml of distilled water. The
blood samples were collected after two hours time for serum glucose levels. Results: Most
of the participants were below 26 years of age 47(27.9%) with the mean age of 30.2±5.83
years. However the highest prevalence of GDM was observed in age group 31-35 years (36%).
Among the 25 cases of gestational diabetes mellitus the highest number of patients with GDM
were multipara (40%) followed by parity of 3-4 gravida (32%). Twenty seven women (16%)
women had family history of diabetes mellitus. Among these 12/27 (44.4%) women were found
with GDM, compared to 15/141 (10.6%) who have no family history of diabetes mellitus. Total
14 (8.33%) women were found obese, out of these 8 (57%) women had GDM while only 6
(42.8%) women had no GDM. Conclusion: The prevalence of GDM in the present study is
found to be 14.8%. A prevalence of GDM was higher in the elderly multiparous females who
were overweight and had family history of diabetes mellitus.

Author Biographies

Afsheen Qazi, Indus Medical College, Tando Mohammad Khan

Department of Pathology

Amin Fahim, Al-Tibri Medical College, Karachi

Department of Pathology

Aneela Qureshi3, Al-Tibri Medical College, Karachi

Department of Pathology

Mazhar ul Haque, Al-Tibri Medical College, Karachi

Department of Anatomy

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Published

2016-01-10