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Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Associated Risk Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Primary Health Care Centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Turki Alharbi, Abdelmohsen Albogami, Abdullah Alluhaidan, Saleh Alfawaz, Shatha Murad, Mostafa Kofi, C Petry, Mas Dode, I Santos, H Jang, G Pridjian, T Benjamin, K Baptiste-Roberts, B Barone, T Gary, S Golden, L Wilson, M Agarwal, L Klautzer, J Becker, S Mattke, M Keshavarz, N Cheung, G Babaee, H Moghadam, M Ajami, T Alharbi, A Albogami, A Alluhaidan, S Alfawaz, S Murad, C Erem, N Cihanyurdu, O Deger, C Karahan, G Can, Di Cianni, G Volpe, L Lencioni, C Miccoli, R Cuccuru, I, H Yang, Y Wei, X Gao, X Xu, L Fan, D Feig, B Zinman, X Wang, J Hux, R Kessous, I Shoham-Vardi, G Pariente, M Sherf, E Sheiner, W Tam, X Yang, J Chan, G Ko, P Tong, T Hillier, K Pedula, M Schmidt, J Mullen, M Charles, Mnm Van Poppel, N Oostdam, M Eekhoff, M Wouters, W Van Mechelen, S Oppong, M Ntumy, M Amoakoh-Coleman, D Ogum-Alangea, E Modey-Amoah, S Macaulay, M Ngobeni, D Dunger, S Norris, S Bo, G Menato, A Lezo, A Signorile, C Bardelli, R Moses, J Shand, L Tapsell, C Liang, K Decourcy, M Prater, V Mihmanli, M Mihmanli, N Olgun, H Yalin, G Demir, C Erem, U Kuzu, O Deger, G Can

2021Family Medicine and Primary Care Open Access13 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Background: Pregnancy is a diabetogenic condition, with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) developing in 3 to 25% of all pregnancies. GDM has unfavorable short-and long-term consequences for both mothers and their children. We conducted this study aiming to assess the prevalence of gestational diabetes and associated risk factors during pregnancy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Topics & Concepts

MedicineGestational diabetesObstetricsDiabetes mellitusPregnancyPrimary health carePrenatal careGestationEnvironmental healthPopulationEndocrinologyBiologyGeneticsGestational Diabetes Research and ManagementPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMaternal and fetal healthcare
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