Cost Analysis of Different Screening Strategies for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Risk assessment does not explain high prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in a large group of Sardinian women

“…It is well known that lowering the threshold of the OGCT increases sensitivity, at the expense of a slightly lower specificity of the test. By using a lowered threshold of the OGCT, we were able to diagnose an additional 12% of our cases of GDM, similar to findings reported by others [7,35,36], although the prevalence of GDM in their populations ranged from 2 to 6.8%. Thus, the use of a lower threshold does not fully explain such an elevated prevalence.…”

Correlation between vitamin D3 deficiency and insulin resistance in pregnancy

“…The prevalence was higher than previous studies conducted in Tehran. But the confidence interval of GDM prevalence in this study coincided with other studies [22]. In this study, we demonstrated that women with GDM had a higher BMI and levels of fasting glucose, fasting insulin, C-peptide and HOMA index and lower ISOGGT, as compared with normal women.…”

A study of prevalence and determinants of gestational diabetes mellitus

“…In our study the overall prevalence of GDM was 5.25% and this was inconsonance with other studies done by Vitorattos et al (4.98%), Kumar et al (5.5%) and Larijani et al (4.7%). [20][21][22] In another study done by Bhattacharya et al the prevalence of GDM was 3% which less compared to our study and in another study done by Rajput R et al the prevalence was more compared to our study results and this difference may due the different geographical areas and difference in socio-demographic profile of the subjects. 23,24 In our study, prevalence of GDM increased significantly with increasing age.…”