Volume 31 Number 3 (2022)
Glycemic Status among Pregnant Women during 24th to 28th Gestational Age
Sarker F1 , Muttalib MA2 , Chowdhury J3 , Siddiqui IE4 , Islam T5 , Jahan N6
Mymensingh Med J 2022 Jul; 31 (3): 673-676
PMID: 35780349
Abstract
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a heterogeneous group of metabolic disorder, which result in varying degrees of maternal hyperglycemia and pregnancy associated risk. Glucose intolerance usually returns to normal range within 6 weeks after delivery. This study was undertaken to determine the glycemic status who attended for antenatal care. This study enrolled pregnant women, with their gestational age between 24th - 28th weeks. This analytical cross sectional study was carried out in the department of Biochemistry, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh from July 2014 to June 2015. Total 135 subjects were selected to evaluate the glycemic status among Bangladeshi pregnant women attending BIRDEM General Hospital. Among them 41 were GDM subjects and 94 were non GDM subjects. The mean fasting plasma glucose values (mmol/L) and 2 hours after 75gm glucose values of GDM were 6.06±1.26 and 9.78±2.74 respectively compared to non GDM patients were 4.82±0.38 and 7.26±0.41 respectively and the mean of HbA1C (%) of GDM and non GDM were 5.87±0.73 and 5.43±0.31 respectively.
Keywords: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), Glycemic status, Fasting blood glucose
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