Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among Pregnant ladies Attended to Alfadlab Hospital, River Nile State, Sudan
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2022-10-01
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Background:
Gestational diabetes mellitus represents a big problem to both mothers and their babies, due to the
future expected consequences.
Material and method: In this study we use glucosuria as indicator to the presence of GDM among
100 pregnant ladies attended to Alfadlab hospital, during the study period (August,2019).
Result: The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus among the pregnant ladies involved in our
study was 4%.
Conclusion: The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus among the pregnant ladies included
in our study (4%), is low in comparison to the worldwide reports. Further studies recommended
with large sample size.