Gestational diabetes mellitus in rural population of Western India - Results of a community survey.
Gestational diabetes mellitus in rural population of Western India - Results of a community survey.
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10.4103/2230-8210.159061
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发表时间:
2015-07-01
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通讯作者:
Unnikrishnan, Ambika G
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Bhatt, Anjali A;Dhore, Prasanna B;Unnikrishnan, Ambika G
CONTEXT: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) should be diagnosed early, as untreated maternal hyperglycemia leads to adverse materno-fetal outcome.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We studied prevalence of gestational diabetes by a house to house survey of a rural population in western India. A cluster of remote villages with little access to health care were chosen.RESULTS: A total of 989 women participated in the study out of which 9.5% (n = 94) were diagnosed as GDM. In a stepwise multivariate regression analysis a higher body mass index during pregnancy was a predictor of gestational diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes was similar in women with gestational age of >24 weeks and