Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: A retrospective study of the year 2003, of 1314 women with GDM, from 24 public health Centres in Portugal, was performed.Patients and methods: Women were divided into two groups according to their pre-pregnancy BMI: group Go – BMI ≥30 kg/m2 and group Gno BMI <30 kg/m2. The mean age of these women was 32.9±5 years (18–45), the A1c was <6% in both groups. The influence of the BMI in different...

Introduction: A retrospective study of the year 2003, of 1314 women with GDM, was performed.Patients and methods: Two groups according to pre-pregnancy BMI: Go - BMI&gE;30 Kg/m2; Gno BMI<30 Kg/m2. Mean age 32.9±5 years, A1c<6% in both groups. Influence of BMI in different variables was analysed: family history of DM, weight gain during pregnancy; blood pressure, need of insulin, gestation age at the beginning of insulin...