Farinaz Tabibian, Jafar Mehvari Habibabadi, Mohammad Reza Maracy, Hossein Kahnouji, Mahtab Rahimi, Maryam Rezaei
Evaluation of Cognitive Impairment in Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients Concerning Structural Brain Lesions
Basic and clinical neuroscience
gestational diabetes mellitus gdm serious health issue mother child gdm common worldwide healthcare providers pay attention screening managing pregnant women ensure good outcomes mother child study aims identify risk factors associated developing gdm pregnant women attending antenatal care clinics prince sultan military medical city psmmc riyadh saudi arabia casecontrol study utilized patients medical records data collection study included 317 pregnant saudi women attended antenatal care clinics antenatal diabetic clinics psmmc may 2022 may 2023 cases defined women met inclusion exclusion criteria positive oral glucose tolerance test ogtt result controls defined women age group gravidity negative ogtt analysis conducted using spss statistics version 290 ibm corp released 2021 ibm spss statistics windows version 290 armonk ny ibm corp results total number cases 132 313 total samples representing 422 total sample three factors associated increased risk developing gdm including family history diabetes pvalue 0001 history gdm pvalue 0001 macrosomia pvalue 0020 study also found higher bmi advanced maternal age risk factors gdm pvalue 0004 0007 respectively however study find significant association gdm factors chronic disease prevalence history miscarriage history fetal death study identified several risk factors associated increased risk gdm including family history diabetes history gdm macrosomia overweightobesity advanced maternal age recommended antenatal care providers screen gdm risk factors closely monitor overweight obese older women education counseling healthy lifestyle habits maintaining healthy weight engaging physical activity may also beneficial preventing gdm research needed confirm identify additional risk factors gdm