Prevalence of Gestational diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in pregnant Sudanese women in the third trimester

ABSTRACT

The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus [GDM] and impaired glucose tolerance [IGT] in pregnant Sudanese women in the third trimester. The study was carried out on hundred pregnant women in the third trimester. The prevalence of GDM was 2% and it was 6% for the IGT whereas, 92% of the pregnant women [considered as a control group], revealed normal fasting plasma levels. The IGT pregnant women were older than those control pregnant women but, the age difference was not significant [28.7 +/- 5.5 years mean [S.D] vs. 27.3 +/- 4.8 respectively, p>0.05]. Also, the IGT pregnant women were found to have mean parity significantly greater than that of the control group [6.7 +/- 2, mean [S.D.] vs. 3.9 +/- 2.1 respectively, p<0.001]. Then, it was concluded that prevalence of GDM and IGT in Sudanese pregnant women is within the universal estimates and parity is a very important risk factor that affects impaired glucose tolerance prevalence in pregnancy