Authors : Fatemeh Momenzadeh, Seyedeh Samira Mokhlesi, Siamak Mohebbi and Lida Moghaddam Banaem
Abstract: Gestational diabetes or carbohydrate metabolism disorder is first determined and started during pregnancy. Regarding the significance of this disease and frequency difference and risky factors in different areas, the purpose of this sectional study is to determine frequency of gestational diabetes and its risk factors for pregnant women visiting Tehran medical care centers. Such sectional study is done on 2033 pregnant mothers in Tehran prenatal clinics by a futuristic view. At the beginning of start to study samples, we applied the questionnaires and took blood samples for necessary tests. These mothers have been followed up from the entrance to study till after the pregnancy. In this study, GCT has been done for screening gestational diabetes within 24-28 weeks of pregnancy that this test have been done by consuming 50 g blood glucose 1 h after lunch and 130≥GTT or NDDG test have been done by 200 g edible glucose. SPSS26 software, independent t-test and K2 have been utilized for data analysis. Total 72 mothers (7%) out of 2033 pregnant mothers are suffering from gestational diabetes. There is a significant relation between the age of samples and gestational diabetes. There were no any significant relation among number of birth, number of pregnancy, BMI, weight before birth, gestational diabetes background, experience of diabetes among first-degree relatives, prenatal death experience and fetal abnormalities background. Gestational diabetes distribution is average in Tehran. Due to high probability of inappropriate consequences of gestational diabetes, attention to the age of pregnant mothers in screening for preventing circumstances and disease control is highly necessary. Regarding the results of present study, it is also recommended that general screening is better than screening based on risk factors.
Fatemeh Momenzadeh, Seyedeh Samira Mokhlesi, Siamak Mohebbi and Lida Moghaddam Banaem, 2015. Gestational Diabetes and its Risk Factors for Pregnant Women in Tehran. International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 10: 30-33.