Eight years incidence of diabetes mellitus in gestational diabetic patients

ABSTRACT

To evaluate eight years incidence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus [GDM]. A retrospective study. Primary Healthcare, Bahrain. Five hundred sixty-two patients suffering from GDM were identified in 2002 and were traced in 2010 for laboratory diagnosis of diabetes. Two hundred one [36%] patients were found to be diabetic. One hundred one [18%] were normal, 33 [5.8%] had impaired glucose tolerance [IGT] and 227 [40.4%] were of undetermined status. There is a statistically significant relation between the development of diabetes and the age at diagnosis of GDM. The long-term rate development of diabetes after GDM is high. Age and level of screening test at diagnosis are strong predictive factors