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Abstract
S-UM-MARY
Screening for abnormal glucose tolerance was carried
out in two hundred successive pregnant women, between
30 and 36 weeks of pregnancy attending the antenatal
clinics in Benha districts. One hundred pregnant females,
with risk factors for gestational diabetes constituted
group ”A”, while 100 pregnant females with no risk factors
constituted group ”B”.
A 50 gm, oral glucose load and a l-hour capillary
blood glucose determination, with a threshold of 150mg%
were used as a glucose challenge screening teet (GCT).
Patients with an abnormal GCT underwent an oral glucose
tolerance test (OGTT).
Twenty eight (28’1’) of the patients in group ”A”
exhibited an abnormal GCT and eight (8’1’) demonstrated
an abnormal OGTT. Fourteen (14%) of the group ”B”
patients exhibited an abnormal GCT and three (3%) demonstrated
an abnormal OGTT. Of the total population
of 200 women, 42 (21%) exhibited an abnormal GCT and 11
demonstrated an abnormal OGTT.
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In our study, there was no stat. significant dif~erence
between incidence of gestational diabetes among cases
screened on the basis of clinical or historical risk
factors for gestational diabetes (8%) and that determined
among cases without risk factors (3%). It was however,
found that the incidence of abnorm& OGTT (diabetes)
was more in cases with more than one risk factors l}%
(8 out of 60 cases). Our results were compared with
other data reported by other authors.