[Markers of diagnosis and treatment in 924 pregnancies with gestational diabetes mellitus].

Objectives: To evaluate the epidemiological profile and outcomes of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), determining risk factors for increased vigilance.

Subjects And Methods: We studied 924 pregnancies in 916 patients between November 6, 2001 and September 21, 2009.

Results: Risk factors were found in 95.

[Prevalence of hepatitis C infection in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Background: Recently, a possible epidemiological association between hepatitis C virus infection and diabetes mellitus has been suggested and a higher prevalence of HCV antibodies has been found among type 2 diabetic when compared with normal controls.

Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis C infection in diabetic patients in Curitiba, PR, Brazil.

Patients And Methods: A total of 145 type 2 and 104 type 1 diabetic patients attending the outpatient diabetic unit of an university hospital were consecutively tested for anti-HCV, using a fourth-generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).