Objective: To determine the incidence, risk factors and complications of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Design: Observational, analytical, transversal type, retrospective study. Setting: Hospital Militar Central Luis Arias Schreiber, Lima, Peru, a teaching hospital. Participants: Pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Interventions: We identified all new cases of GDM between 2000 and 2005 in order to evaluate risks associated to known predisposing factors and frequency distribution. Main outcome measures: Incidence, risk factors and complications of GDM. Results: Among the 602 pregnant women with suspicion of GDM who delivered during the study period, 4,75% (86 cases) had GDM, with clear increasing linear tendency (p <0,05). GDM associated risk factors were family history of DM and/or GDM (aOR =18,4, CI95%: 10,7-31,7; p<0,001), BMI >25 kg/m2 (aOR =1,78, CI95%: 1,11-2,8...

Objective: To determine the incidence, risk factors and complications of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Design: Observational, analytical, transversal type, retrospective study. Setting: Hospital Militar Central Luis Arias Schreiber, Lima, Peru, a teaching hospital. Participants: Pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Interventions: We identified all new cases of GDM between 2000 and 2005 in order to evaluate risks associated to known predisposing factors and frequency distribution. Main outcome measures: Incidence, risk factors and complications of GDM. Results: Among the 602 pregnant women with suspicion of GDM who delivered during the study period, 4,75% (86 cases) had GDM, with clear increasing linear tendency (p <0,05). GDM associated risk factors were family history of DM and/or GDM (aOR =18,4, CI95%: 10,7-31,7; p<0,001), BMI >25 kg/m2 (aOR =1,78, CI95%:...