Eleni Anastasiou, Georgios Farmakidis, Angeliki Gerede, Dimitrios G Goulis, Eftychia Koukkou, Anargyros Kourtis, Apostolos Mamopoulos, Kassiani Papadimitriou, Vasilios Papadopoulos, Theodoros Stefos
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic disease of pregnancy and is associated with several perinatal complications. GDM is defined as diabetes diagnosed in the second or third trimester of pregnancy that was not clearly overt diabetes prior to gestation. In Europe, in 2016, the prevalence of GDM was estimated to be 5.4% (3.8-7.8). It varied depending on maternal age, year of data collection, country, area of Europe, week of gestation at testing, and diagnostic criteria. The Hellenic Endocrine Society and the Hellenic Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine commissioned an expert group to construct national guidelines on "Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy: Gestational diabetes mellitus...
December 2020: Hormones: International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism