Pregnancy and obesity: risk of developing gestational diabetes in the northern border area of Mexico

The United Sates-Mexico border area has the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity in women of reproductive age and family history of T2DM in the world, contributing to the risk of developing GDM. 58 pregnant women with GDM and 174 without GDM. Clinical records, O'Sullivan test and oral glucose tolerance test was used for diagnosis from 24 weeks of gestation. Average BMI 31.78 with GDM, 27.96 without GDM, O'Sullivan (GDM = 192.0 vs. 108.9 mg/dl), confirmatory test OGTT 100 g basal (88.4 vs. 82.5 mg/dl), at one hour (191. vs. 142.76 mg/dl), women with multiple births have 13 times the risk of overweight and obesity and 10.1 times of suffering GDM (p < 0.0001). Morbid obesity contributed 170% on display GDM. Women with GDM during pregnancy were overweight and obese. Multiparous and with overweight and obesity are at risk for the occurrence of GDM; as BMI increases the greater the occurrence of GDM.