TY - JOUR ID - 159767 TI - The Role of ABO Blood Groups in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prediction JO - Journal of Iranian Medical Council JA - JIMC LA - en SN - 2645-338X AU - Saedi, Nafiseh AU - Pourmahdigholi, Sedigheh AU - saeedi, sara AU - Shokouhi, Nasim AU - valadan, mehrnaz AU - feizabad, elham AU - mohseni, mona AD - TUMS AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yas Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AD - 3. Fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yas Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Next to the sarv street, North Nejatollahi street, Karim khan ave Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 389 EP - 393 KW - blood groups KW - Gestational diabetes mellitus KW - Pregnancy DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jimc.v5i3.10933 N2 - AbstractBackground: This study aimed to evaluate the ABO blood group characteristics in women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).Methods: This cross-sectional research was conducted on pregnant women with GDM in Yas Hospital, Tehran, Iran, from April 2018 to March 2019. Results: Totally, 449 pregnant women enrolled in the study. The average age of the participants was 32.26±5.08 years with a range between 18 and 45 years. 46% of the participants were treated with insulin. In this study, 35% were typed as group O, 34.3% as group A, 24.3% as group B, and 6.5% as group AB. The Rh+ blood antigen was present in 92% of the pregnant women. Blood group A (35.7%) was the highest in pregnant women with insulin therapy and the frequency of blood group O was the highest in pregnant women with diet (39.5%) and metformin therapy (35.7%). Conclusion: In pregnant women with insulin therapy, the most prevalent blood group was A. This was different from those that are frequent in the Iranian normal population and pregnant women with GDM who underwent diet therapy. It seems that blood group A, as a probable associated factor for GDM, can be beneficial in high-risk pregnancy detection for GDM in the Iranian population. UR - http://www.jimc.ir/article_159767.html L1 - http://www.jimc.ir/article_159767_eb3a0f9def516aea652b65feb57bcb20.pdf ER -