HbA1c as a predictor of postpartum diabetes mellitus after gestational diabetes mellitus.

Aims: Women diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) should be evaluated postpartum with an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). Nevertheless, women frequently fail to it. We intend to evaluate the performance of third trimester HbA1c in the prediction of postpartum diabetes mellitus (PDM).

Monogenic diabetes caused by GCK gene mutation is misdiagnosed as gestational diabetes - A multicenter study in Portugal.

Aims: Monogenic diabetes is an underdiagnosed type of diabetes mellitus, which can be harmful in pregnancy. We aim to estimate the prevalence of diabetes caused by the mutation of the glucokinase gene (GCK-MODY) in pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and to characterize pregnant women with this suspicion.

Methods: A multicenter observational study with data prospectively collected from pregnancies with GDM was conducted.

Benefit of insufficient gestational weight gain in obese women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A multicenter study in Portugal.

Background: Both obesity and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are independent risk factors for adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends different targets for an adequate gestational weight gain (GWG), depending on the prepregnancy body mass index, but they have been questioned. We aim to compare obese pregnant women with GDM according to GWG stratification (insufficient, adequate and excessive) with regard to maternal and neonatal outcomes and to clarify whether insufficient GWG can be associated with better outcomes.