Author(s):
1. Rida Khalid Satti:
Department of Biotechnology, Fatima Jinnah Women University,Rawalpindi,Pakistan
2. Anam Nayab:
Department of Biotechnology, Fatima Jinnah Women University,Rawalpindi,Pakistan
Abstract:
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a pregnancy complication that is becoming a serious concern because of its consequences on fetus and mother. Timely diagnosis of GDM is important to prevent future T2DM. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of GDM in twin cities of Pakistan and further identification of GDM specific risk factors among pregnant women between 24-28 weeks of gestational age. A cohort study was conducted in which a total of 250 pregnant women with the gestation age 24-28 week attending five different hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad were screened for GDM. A research questionnaire was designed for data collection and correlation analysis was used for the determination of association of various risk factors with GDM. The prevalence of GDM was found to be 18.4%. A steady rise of 0.6% GDM cases have been observed. Moreover, Age (p=0.012), diet (p=0.008), obesity (p=0.050), gestational hypertension (p=0.045), stress (p=0.041), and previous GDM diagnosis (p=0.001) had a positive association with GDM and were found to be the significant risk factors. Whereas, lack of physical activity (p=0.548), PCOS (p= 0.665) and family history of diabetes mellitus (p=0.092) were found to have a positive yet an insignificant relationship with GDM. The study highlights the need of an early investigation of GDM for timely management of the disease to avoid during and post pregnancy complications.
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DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: First International Conference on Revamped Scientific Outlook of 21st Century (Abstract Book), Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2022
Keywords:
prevalence
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prevalence
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Obesity
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Islamabad
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Gestation hypertension
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Rawalpindi
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GDM
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