VITAMIN D LEVEL AND ITS RELATION TO DEVELOPING GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS IN EGYPTIAN FEMALES

Document Type : Preliminary preprint short reports of original research

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1 Department of Internal Medicine,Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria

2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt

3 Department of Chemical and clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria

4 Internal medicine. Alexandria university faculty of medicine

Abstract

Introduction
Gestational Diabetes is diabetes that is first diagnosed in the second or third trimester of pregnancy that is not clearly either preexisting type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
The diagnosis of GDM in early pregnancy by either FPG or OGTT values is not an evidence base. Because GDM became a risk for the development of type 2 diabetes after delivery. Moreover, it is prevention interventions are available. Therefore, women who are diagnosed with GDM should receive lifelong screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
Vitamin D deficiency is a low serum level of vitamin D3(hypovitaminosis), and when it is associated with pathological symptoms then it is known as vitamin D deficiency.
Recently, there is some evidence to endorse that change in vitamin D level and calcium homeostasis may play a role in the occurrence of diabetes mellitus. In addition, it may be associated with defect in pancreatic beta cell functions and insulin sensitivity.
Aim of work : To Study the level of vitamin D in non-diabetic pregnant Egyptian women and to determine the relationship of vitamin D levels to the development of gestational diabetes, in Egyptian females.

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ALEXMED ePosters
Volume 3, Issue 4
December 2021
Pages 84-85

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