Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The relation between vitamin D deficiency and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) has been rarely addressed in the literature with conflicting results. The aim is to determine the association between maternal serum 25(OH)D and glucose metabolism in Caucasian pregnant women.Patients and methods: In a prospective study 157 pregnant women aged 31.2±5.8 years underwent a 100 g OGTT in the third trimester of pregnancy, during which serum 25...