title: [Pregnancy and obesity: risk of developing gestational diabetes in the northern border area of Mexico].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The United Sates-Mexico border area has the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity in women of reproductive age and family history of T2DM in the world, contributing to the risk of developing GDM.
  
  
  METHODS
  58 pregnant women with GDM and 174 without GDM. Clinical records, O'Sullivan test and oral glucose tolerance test was used for diagnosis from 24 weeks of gestation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average BMI 31.78 with GDM, 27.96 without GDM, O'Sullivan (GDM = 192.0 vs. 108.9 mg/dl), confirmatory test OGTT 100 g basal (88.4 vs. 82.5 mg/dl), at one hour (191. vs. 142.76 mg/dl), women with multiple births have 13 times the risk of overweight and obesity and 10.1 times of suffering GDM (p < 0.0001). Morbid obesity contributed 170% on display GDM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women with GDM during pregnancy were overweight and obese. Multiparous and with overweight and obesity are at risk for the occurrence of GDM; as BMI increases the greater the occurrence of GDM.
authors: UIESS, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Ciudad Juárez, Chih.; El Colegio de Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Chih.
authors: Luis
authors: L
authors: Flores-Padilla
authors: UIESS, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Ciudad Juárez, Chih.
authors: Isis Claudia
authors: IC
authors: Solorio-Páez
authors: UMF Nº 65, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad Juárez, Chih.
authors: Martha Leticia
authors: ML
authors: Melo-Rey
authors: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Chih.
authors: Juana
authors: J
authors: Trejo-Franco