Impaired glucose tolerance has several adverse effects on growing fetus. In this study we evaluated the effect of excessive weight gain during pregnancy on the risk of glucose intolerance in pregnant women. A case-control study was conducted through which the glucose tolerance status after 100 gram oral glucose intake was compared between 60 pregnant women with maximum 10 weeks of gestation and...

background hypovitaminosis d has been associated with the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) in many observational studies. objectives we report the first study of the impact of prenatal vitamin d supplementation on postpartum dysglycemia in gdm patients in a randomized clinical trial. patients and methods women with gdm at 12 - 32 weeks of gestation were assigned randomly to ei...

Background: To determine the incidence of an abnormal glucose tolerance test in patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion and whether metformin would safely reduce the rate of first trimester spontaneous abortions in patients without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as well as with PCOS and an abnormal glucose tolerance test. Materials and Methods: Patients with a history of recurrent sponta...

abstract objective: insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia are common among the women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos). familial aggregation of pcos has implications on the role of heredity in this disease. the aim of this study was to evaluate insulin resistance among the fathers, mothers, and siblings of the women with pcos referring to the clinics affiliated to shiraz university of m...

background : this study aimed to compare different body mass index (bmi) categories in individuals with diabetes, prediabetes and normal glucose tolerance among the first degree relatives of type 2 diabetic patients. methods : a cross-sectional study was conducted during 2005-2007 in isfahan, iran. it evaluated 3323 first-degree relatives of diabetic patients selected by consecutive convenient ...

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the most commen hyper androgenic disorders affecting women, its prevalence being estimated at 5% – 10%. Our goal was to survey abnormal glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and incidence of diabetes type 2 in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. Materials and methods: This investigation is a descriptive – analytic study which is done to su...