The Relationship Between Some Risk Factors and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnant Women Referred to Health and Treatment Centers in Zahedan, Iran, in 2012

Background and purpose: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is the most common metabolicdisorder in pregnancy. it was known one of the complications of this period. the aim of thisstudy was to investigate the relationship between some risk factors with gdm in pregnantwomen in zahedan, iran.materials and methods: in a descriptive-analytical study, 70 pregnant women with gdm and 140healthy pregnant women were selected referring to health and treatment centers in zahedan bymultistage sampling method. weight and height were measured, and body mass index (bmi) wascalculated using standard method. other data were recorded by clinical examination, health recordof anybody and interview in health centers. spss for windows was used for statistical analysis. ttestand chi-square test were used for comparison of two groups. p < 0.0500 was considered as asignificant difference between groups.results: as compared to controls the prevalence of gdm was more common in pregnant womenwho were older (p = 0.0001), high bmi (p = 0.0020), and more parity (p = 0. 0200), familyhistory of diabetes (p = 0.0001) and macrosomia (p = 0.0100). there was significant differencebetween gdm with age (p = 0.0080), bmi (p = 0.0020), family history of diabetes (p = 0.0001),history of macrosomic infant’s birth (p = 0.0300). but it was not observed significant differencesbetween gdm with smoking, history of hypertension, abortions, stillbirth, and preeclampsia.conclusion: this study emphasizes to do gdm screening in the population of this area. it canbe determined risk factors of gdm as moderate and severe status. because; gdm duringpregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes.