Carmelo Capula, Eusebio Chiefari, Anna Vero, Stefania Iiritano, Biagio Arcidiacono, Luigi Puccio, Vittorio Pullano, Daniela Foti, Antonio Brunetti, Raffaella Vero
Postpartum screening is critical for early identification of type 2 diabetes in women previously diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Nevertheless, its rate remains disappointingly low. Thus, we plan to examine the rate of postpartum glucose tolerance test (ppOGTT) for Italian women with GDM, before and after counseling, and identify demographic, clinical, and/or biochemical predictors of adherence. With these aims, we retrospectively enrolled 1159 women with GDM, in Calabria, Southern Italy, between 2004 and 2011...
2013: ISRN Endocrinology