Vol. 29 (3) 2008 Neuro endocrinology letters

Blood pressure and lipid changes in gestational diabetes mellitus.

OBJECTIVE: It is suggested that gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the earliest phase of DM. Nowadays DM is treated as a part of insulin resistance syndrome--patients with DM tend to be obese, dyslipidemic and hypertensive. It is postulated that similar abnormalities are found in GDM patients.

METHODS: The st.....