Retrospective analysis of age-adjusted body mass index among pre-pregnant women in the Lithuanian urban area during three decades.

Background: The prevalence of maternal obesity at the beginning of pregnancy is increasing. However, there are some studies reporting the stabilisation of obesity epidemic or even the downward trend in the general population.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Lithuanian pre-pregnant women during 3 decades.

Gestational diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome diagnosed during pregnancy.

Background: The aim was to analyze the impact of obesity on women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the association of obesity and GDM with the metabolic syndrome.

Methods: In a retrospective study, the data of 233 obese women with GDM were compared with the data of 96 women with GDM and normal weight.

Results: Significantly higher fasting glycemia before the oral glucose tolerance test (5.

Fetal middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry in cases of rhesus alloimmunization.

Objective: To assess fetal middle cerebral artery (MCA) peak systolic velocity (PSV) in cases of rhesus alloimmunization and to establish whether MCA-PSV is valid for the prediction of fetal anemia.

Methods: The study population included 157 pregnant women diagnosed with rhesus alloimmunization. MCA-PSV measurements were obtained within 3 days of blood sampling for estimation of hemoglobin concentration either at delivery or cordocentesis by the same operator and by means of the same ultrasound machine using techniques described previously.

Glucose tolerance of 2- to 5-yr-old offspring of diabetic mothers.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of and some risk factors for impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in 2- to 5-yr-old offspring of diabetic mothers (ODM). The glucose tolerance of 51 offspring born to women with pregnancies complicated by diabetes (type 1) and of 109 children of the control group was analyzed. Our results showed that the fasting glycemia of ODM was similar, when compared to the controls, but 2 h after the glucose loading the glycemia of ODM was significantly higher than that in the control group (5.