Prevalence and predictors of gestational diabetes mellitus in rural Assam: a cross-sectional study using mobile medical units.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the prevalence and predictors of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in rural Assam, India using a network of Mobile Medical Units.

Study design

A field-based cross-sectional study.

Settings

Rural areas of Assam state, India.

Participants

A total of 1410 pregnant women in gestational age of 24-28 weeks INTERVENTION: Identification of pregnant women in 24-28 weeks of pregnancy from villages and administering them Government of India recommended oral glucose tolerance test for GDM confirmation.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Presence of gestational diabetes among pregnant women, risk factors and predictors of GDM.

Results

A total of 1212 pregnant women underwent the oral glucose tolerance test. One hundred and ninety-e

SUBMITTER: Chanda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7656912 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature