AU - Fekrat, M AU - Kashanian, M AU - Jahanpour, J TI - Risk Factors in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - RJMS JN - RJMS VO - 11 VI - 43 IP - 43 4099 - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-78-en.html 4100 - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-78-en.pdf SO - RJMS 43 ABĀ  - The objective of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate the risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus. A case-control study was performed on 62 pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus and 80 normal pregnant women at Firooz Abadi Hospital during 1998-1999. The patients in two groups were compared according to age, parity, pre-pregnancy weight, family history of diabetes mellitus, history of macrosomia in their previous pregnancies, history of hypertension, previous malformed fetus, history of IUFD and abortion. Based on the obtained results there was a statistically significant difference between two groups in terms of age (P CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - RJMS PG - 815 PT - Research YR - 2004