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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS k4u12R0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective : The purposes of this study were to determine the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Trabzon city of Turkey and to identify appropriate risk factors for gestational diabetes in pregnant mothers. Research design and methods : Eight hundred and seven adult pregnant women were screened for GDM with a 1-hour, 50 g oral glucose challenge test (GCT). Three-hour, 100 g oral glucose tolerance tests (GTTs) were performed on screen-positive women. Results : Of the 807 pregnancies screened, 59 (7.3%) had an initial oral GCT result of>=140 mg/dl. Diagnostic testing with the oral GTT was performed on the 59 screen-positive gravid women. Of those tested, 10 were diagnosed with GDM on the basis of greater>=2 criteria over 3 hours, for a prevalence of 1.23%. Significant associations were found between age, body mass index (BMI) and GDM positivity (p
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