Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common metabolic complications of pregnancy. Ever since the first systematic evaluation of the oral glucose tolerance test by O'Sullivan and colleagues was carried out in 1964, there has been controversy with respect to the optimal screening and diagnostic criteria to detect GDM. The recently proposed International Association of Diabetes a...

To date, The International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) criteria for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have not been analyzed systematically for medical, social, and economic ramifications if used in substitution for the current GDM diagnostic criteria. The IADPSG dependence on expert opinion and consensus rather than on rigorously obtained ...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to quantify the risk of future maternal type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in women with gestational (GDM) based on and number abnormal 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) values diagnostic criteria used for diagnosis GDM. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study all nulliparous live singleton birth who underwent testing GDM using O...

Background: The prevalence of diabetes in Egypt has significantly increased exceeding international rates. is now ranked ninth highest the world terms disease according to IDF, 2019. Objective: Estimation gestational mellitus (GDM) Aswan Governorate and determination risk factors associated with GDM. Patients methods: Our study was a prospective study, which carried out Antenatal Clinic Obste...

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OBJECTIVE The International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) criteria for diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) identifies women and infants at risk for adverse outcomes, which are also strongly associated with maternal overweight, obesity, and excess gestational weight gain. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of 9,835 women who...

188 adoption of the IADPSG diagnostic criteria and to discuss the implications of this change " 2. When applying the IADPSG criteria on the HAPO cohort, the majority of women diagnosed with GDM were identified by the FPG and the 1-hour measurement of the 75 g OGTT (8.3% and 5.7% of the entire study population, respectively) 3. Adding the 2-hour measurement identified another 2.1%. Thus, alterna...

A s mentioned in the letter by SavonaVentura et al. (1), the results of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) screening protocol followed by an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in the pregnant women whose FPG level was 4.4–5.0 mmol/L show a similar trend in the rate of missed diagnosis (12.2 vs. 10.1%) between our study (2) and their study (3), but substantially diverse rate in requiring a formal OGTT...

Despite recent attempts at building consensus, an internationally consistent definition of gestational diabetes mellitus remains elusive. Within and between countries there is disagreement between obstetric, medical and endocrine groups as to the diagnosis and management of GDM. The current article aims to discuss the background to the controversy of GDM diagnosis and to address issues related ...