ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2021
Prevalence of gestational diabetes and its association with stillbirth, preterm birth, macrosomia, abortion and cesarean delivery: a national prevalence study of 11 provinces in Iran.
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- Prevalence and associated factors of stillbirth among women at extreme ages of reproductive life in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the recent demographic and health survey.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Serum Ferritin Levels in Pregnancy and Their Association with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025Article
- Association of gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosed at different time points in oral glucose tolerance test with adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Follow-up and risk factors of pregnant women with gestational diabetes in Morocco.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Article
- The relationship between quality of life and some mental problems in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Construction and validation of a novel nomogram for predicting spontaneous preterm birth in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Associations of elevated glucose levels at each time point during OGTT with fetal congenital heart diseases: a cohort study of 72,236 births.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
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- Association of Maternal Risk Factors with the Prevalence of Caesarean Section Deliveries: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Gestational Diabetes and Preterm Birth: What Do We Know? Our Experience and Mini-Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Prioritizing the Psychosocial Support Needs of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes: A Delphi Study.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common metabolic disorders during pregnancy that significantly affects perinatal outcomes. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of GDM and its relation with the incidence of stillbirth, preterm birth, macrosomia, abortion and cesarean section (C-section) delivery in pregnant women. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 3675 pregnant women in 11 provinces across Iran. Cluster sampling was used to select samples from mothers covered by health plans in 11 provinces of Iran. Prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm delivery, type of delivery, macrosomic preterm birth, miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, and birth weight were measured, using family record and face-to-face interviews. Data were analyzed by logistic regression, using STATA14.2 software. Results: About four percent of Iranian pregnant women had GDM during pregnancy. Prevalence of C-section was significantly higher in diabetic women than in the non-diabetic ones (53.19 vs 46.81, respectively, P < 0.001). Abortion in diabetic mothers was more than twice that of the non-diabetic mothers (P < 0.001). In the adjusted logistic regression model, the odds of stillbirth in mothers with GDM were 1.8 (95% CI: 1.11, 2.91, P = 0.018) times higher than that of the non-diabetics. The odds of macrosomia in diabetic women was about 7 times higher than the non-diabetic women (95% CI: 2.81, 17.14, P < 0.001). The odds of GDM had an increasing trend according to the BMI (p < 0.001). The risk of GDM were significantly lower, according to the daily physical activity (PA) (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The GDM prevalence has a decreasing trend in Iran. It increases the adverse pregnancy outcomes such as stillbirth, neonatal deaths, macrosomia, preterm birth, abortion and C-section delivery. As, some of these consequences like macrosomia are not treatable, thus early prevention is very crucial.
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