Screening for Gestational Diabetes in a Teaching Hospital in Saudi Arabia
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 29 (3) , 209-211
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828x.1989.tb01721.x
Abstract
This study was undertaken to determine the incidence and severity of gestational diabetes in our hospital population which is predominantly Arab; 455 consecutive patients were screened by a 3-hour glucose tolerance test in the third trimester of pregnancy. The overall incidence of gestational diabetes was found to be 11% and the incidence increased with increasing maternal age, parity and weight. A high prevalence of more severe degrees of gestational diabetes was noted among the Arabs. Glucose intolerance was observed in 2 patients in the absence of any risk factor. The most common high risk in patients found to have gestational diabetes was maternal age of 30 years or more.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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