Aim. The aim of this study is to investigate whether amniotic fluid leptin and insulin levels can be used for prediction of for prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus or not. Methods. The levels of leptin and insulin were measured in the samples of amniotic fluid which were obtained at 16-20 weeks of pregnancy during genetic amniocentesis. We recorded the patients who developed gestational...

To describe and compare the clinical outcome of infants born to mothers with gestational and pregestational diabetes mellitus, this study was conducted between January 2000 to January 2002 in Tehran vali-E-- -Asr Hospital. Among 4472 deliveries, we found 107 infants born to diabetic mothers out of whom 6 were twins. The prevalence of diabetes in total deliveries was 2.39%. Mean age of gesta...

During the twentieth century, Norbert Freinkel studied hormones [2] and diabetes in the United States. Freinkel conducted many experiments that enabled him to determine the factors that influence hormones [2] of the thyroid gland and how those hormones [2] affect surrounding tissues. Furthermore, Freinkel studied gestational diabetes, which is diabetes that occurs for the first time during a wo...

BACKGROUND It is generally appreciated that gestational diabetes is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. However, the precise relation between these 2 conditions remains unknown. We sought to determine the incidence of diabetes mellitus after diagnosis of gestational diabetes. METHODS We used a population-based database to identify all deliveries in the province of Ontario over the 7-year perio...

BACKGROUND Both obesity and gestational diabetes mellitus are increasing in prevalence, being a major health problem in pregnancy with independent and additive impact on obstetrics outcomes. It is recognized that inadequate gestational weight gain is an independent risk factor for pregnancy-related morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of gestational weight gain on obstetr...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in a large general obstetric population and its variations depending on the presence of risk factors, and to evaluate how the gestational diabetes screening strategies applied might modify the observed prevalence in the population. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. METHODS The study population was a total of 2574 preg...

BACKGROUND To investigate which factors during gestational diabetes pregnancies correlate with the risk of developing impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes 1 year postpartum and to compare this risk in women with gestational diabetes and women with a normal oral glucose tolerance test during pregnancy. METHODS Of 315 women with gestational diabetes, defined as a 2-hr blood glucose value of a...

Objective: to evaluate commonality of risk factor profiles of women who develop gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia. Methods: Prospective cohort study in prenatal clinics of the Brazilian unified Health System in six state capitals. 4.766 pregnant women between 20 to 48 years old were consecutively enrolled between 20th and 28th gestational weeks. Smoking habits and traditional risk factors ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate commonality of risk factor profiles of women who develop gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia. METHODS Prospective cohort study in prenatal clinics of the Brazilian Unified Health System in six state capitals. 4.766 pregnant women between 20 to 48 years old were consecutively enrolled between 20th and 28th gestational weeks. Smoking habits and traditional risk factors ...