Gestational diabetes mellitus.
The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus by screening 25,997 pregnant women in Rajavithi Hospital during a two-year-period was 2.02 per cent. Of the 312 gestational diabetes patients available for the study, their mean age was 29 years. Risk factors included a BMI before pregnancy of more than 26 (26.5%), family history of diabetes mellitus (23.1%), history of abortion (14.4%), and history of fetal death in utero (3.2%). Macrosomia, congenital anomalies and cesarean delivery were found significantly more common in gestational diabetic patients compared to normal pregnancy.
Serirat
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Department of Medicine, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Deerochanawong
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Sunthornthepvarakul
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Jinayon
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology