conclusions the amount and intensity of physical activity during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. as a result, the pregnant iranian females have to be encouraged to do regular daily physical activity during pregnancy, if there is no specific contraindication to it. results females who had low total physical activity according to the pregnancy physical ...

background: reported data from developed countries showed that annually a high percentage of health budgets consume for controlling and treatment of complications in diabetes disease. early diagnosis of diabetes, education and health cares, not only prevent progress of disease and complications but also it is cost effective. methods: for gestational diabetes screening, all pregnant women attend...

objective: to evaluate the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) and its risk factors in tehran. materials and methods: from march 2002 to october 2004, screening for gdm was performed on 1804 women in tehran. all pregnant women were referred for a 50 g oral glucose challenge test (ogct) between 24th and 28th week of gestation. all subjects with an abnormal gct (blood glucose level ...

a standard breakfast was evaluated as a screening test (bt) for gestational diabetes in a case-control study. blood sugar (bs) was measured 1 hour after a breakfast that had 50gr simple sugar and was designed based on women preferences. in the same women glucose challenge test (gct, 50gr 1hour glucose screening test) was performed one week later in randomized sequential. cutoff values for both ...

A diabete mellitus (DM) consiste em uma doença crônica caracterizada por altos níveis glicêmicos. O diagnóstico precoce, fundamental para evitar as consequências irreversíveis organismo, ocorre meio de testes como glicose jejum, glicemia casual, pós-prandial, 2horas, teste oral tolerância e hemoglobina glicada, visando dessa forma, monitorar os glicêmicos, auxiliando o tratamento.

BACKGROUND/AIMS Diabetes is well-known to influence endothelial function. Endothelial function and blood flow regulation might be different in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnancy. However, the impact of umbilical blood flow regulation in gestational diabetes on fetal development is unknown so far. METHODS In a prospective birth cohort study, we analyzed the association of the umbilical artery...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between low maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and gestational diabetes mellitus in Turkish pregnant women according to the severity of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and assess intact parathyroid hormone levels in women with gestational diabetes mellitus and controls with low and sufficient 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. METHODS We analyzed serum 25-h...

insulin is currently the drug of choice in treating patients with gestational diabetes mellitus but insulin is expensive, inconvenient to store and use and probably associated with more risks of asymptomatic hypoglycemia in comparison with some oral agents. this randomized clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of glyburide in patients with gestational diabetes mellitu...

objective(s): the muller cell is the principal glial cell of the vertebrate retina. the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (gfap) in the muller cells was used as a cellular marker for retinal damage. this study was done to evaluate the effect of gestational diabetes on retinal muller cells in rat's offspring. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 12 wistar rat dams ...