Blood glucose in Sudanese women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)‎

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the concentration of plasma blood glucose in Sudanese women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Materials and Methods: Analytical, case-control hospital based study of 60 Sudanese pregnant with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Their mean age was (32.8±7.4 years) compared with 60 pregnant women apparently healthy act as control group; whom their mean age was (29.7±6.0 years).

Plasma samples were taken and blood glucose levels were analyzed using colorimetric method.

Results: The fasting blood glucose for women with GDM was 114.4±40.3 mg/dl and for women without GDM was 86.9±16.5 mg/dL.

But 2hrs post-parandial blood glucose among women with GDM was 189.6±40.2 mg/dL, whereas in women without GDM ( c o n t r o l g r o u p ) w a s 1 5 1 .

3 ± 2 7 .

3 m g / d L .

Conclusion: The study confirmed that high blood glucose in Sudanese women with GDM falls within the range of WHO reference values.