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CASAS LAY, Yamila; SANCHEZ SALCEDO, Marcos  y  ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ, José Manuel. Some epidemiological variables in gestational diabetes mellitus patients. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2014, vol.40, n.1, pp.2-12. ISSN 0138-600X.

Introduction: diabetes mellitus (DM) is considered a metabolic disease that most often complicates pregnancy. Objective: to describe some epidemiological variables in patients suffering from gestational diabetes mellitus. Methods: a descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted in pregnant patients diagnosed with this disease from January to December 2012. The study group was composed of 37 patients. The following variables were analyzed: age, gestational age, assessment of nutritional status at detection of pregnancy, according to body mass index (BMI), family and obstetric medical history and the need for insulin therapy. The data were obtained from individual medical records and they were processed using SPSS-11.5 for Windows offering results in percentages and averages as summary measures. Results: the majority of patients were in the age group between 26 to 30 years with 13 patients (35.1); gestational age between 28 and 36 weeks with 18 patients (48.7). 24 patients were in the obese group (64.9). Induced abortion was the most frequent finding within their obstetric history, 10 cases (27.0). Conclusions: most patients suffering from gestational diabetes were between 21 and 30 years old. The diagnosis was made more often between 21 and 36 weeks of gestation. Most of them had history of abortions, fetal or neonatal mortality, preterm delivery and pre congenital anomalies, which are considered risk factors for gestational diabetes.

Palabras clave : gestational diabetes; maternal age; body mass index; obstetric history.

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