PREVALENCE OF DIABETES IN PREGNANT-WOMEN - A STUDY FROM SOUTHERN INDIA

This study was carried out to assess the prevalence of diabetes in sou thern Indian women during pregnancy. Nine hundred and fifty women havi ng greater than or equal to 24 weeks of gestation, attending two gener al gynaecology centres for antenatal check-ups were screened. Initiall y, the screening test with 1-h plasma glucose sampling following 50 g glucose load was done and those with glucose values greater than or eq ual to 140 mg/dl were subjected to a 3-h oral glucose tolerance test ( OGTT) with 100 g glucose load. Among the 950 women, 6 were known diabe tic subjects. Of the other 944, 89 were positive on screening test and 67 of them reported for OGTT. Four were detected to have gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) (O'Sullivan and Mahan's criteria). Therefore t he prevalences of total diabetes and GDM were 1.19% and 0.56%, respect ively.