TY - T1 - High Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Tanzania-Diagnosis Mainly Based on Fasting Blood Glucose from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/316231 T3 - A1 - Grunnet, Louise Groth; Hjort, Line; Minja, Daniel Thomas; Msemo, Omari Abdul; Moller, Sofie Lykke; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Groop, Leif; Lusingu, John; Nielsen, Birgitte Bruun; Schmiegelow, Christentze; Bygbjerg, Ib Christian; Christensen, Dirk Lund A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with poor pregnancy outcomes and increased long-term risk of metabolic diseases for both mother and child. In Tanzania, GDM prevalence increased from 0% in 1991 to 19.5% in 2016. Anaemia has been proposed to precipitate the pathogenesis of GDM. We aimed to examine the prevalence of GDM in a rural area of Tanzania with a high prevalence of anaemia and to examine a potential association between haemoglobin concentration and blood glucose during pre... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - prevalence; gestational diabetes; Tanzania; haemoglobin concentration; FERRITIN CONCENTRATIONS; IRON-DEFICIENCY; RISK-FACTORS; INFLAMMATION; PREGNANCY; CRITERIA; WOMEN; 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health N1 - PP - ER -