While it is not possible to issue a guideline for the best method of screening, the use of a 75 g OGTT instead of an OGCT as first line of testing for women from high risk populations will avoid the inconvenience of further testing for both women and staff. Afternoon or evening clinics may be better advised to screen women using an OGCT (rather than an OGTT) because women are not required to fa...

OBJECTIVE To determine the maternal and foetal outcomes in mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus attending antenatal clinics in Mulago Hospital Kampala Uganda. DESIGN This was a cohort study. SETTING Mulago Hospital antenatal clinics. PARTICIPANTS Ninety mothers with gestational ages between 24-32 weeks were recruited from April to September 2001.They were followed up to the time of ...

Objective: To analyze maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by pre-gestational gestational diabetes.
 Methods: This is an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design. We examined 57 women, 39 of diabetes mellitus (PGDM) 19 had (GDM). The data were analyzed using the chi-square Fisher’s exact test.
 Results: There no deaths either group. Pre-eclamp...

Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus occurs during pregnancy is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) is a surrogate maker of subclinical atherosclerosis. The aim of this study is assessment of relationship between CIMT and infra-renal abdominal aorta diameter in women with and without Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Materials and Methods: Th...

Hyperglycemia in pregnancy (HIP) is a high-glycemic state that occurs during pregnancy, and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) the major cause of it. Studies reveal GDM has long-term adverse impacts on mothers offspring, such as maternal type 2 diabetes, premature birth stillbirth newborns, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders adult offspring. In recent years, studies transcription leve...

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common complications of pregnancy, and women with GDM are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Uncomplicated pregnancy is characterized by insulin resistance and enhanced insulin secretion as a compensatory mechanism to maintain normal glucose tolerance (NGT). However, previous studies showed that in women with GDM during pregnan...

BACKGROUND Current data on the rates of macrosomia in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are heterogenous. No study has specifically examined macrosomia rates in women with diet-controlled gestational diabetes. AIMS To compare the rates of macrosomia between mothers with diet-controlled GDM to mothers without diabetes mellitus. METHODS A retrospective study in which all patients...

OBJECTIVES Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a metabolic disease diagnosed in 1.7% up to 11.6% pregnancies. The prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcome is significantly higher in the case of early onset of diabetes mellitus. Adropin is a hormone promoting carbohydrate oxidation over fat oxidation, and influence nitric oxide synthase. Copeptin is a cleavage product of the vasopressin precur...