Gestational diabetes: current status

Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a glucose tolerance disorder which begins during pregnancy or diagnosed during pregnancy for the first time. Its prevalence increases day by day. The major reasons are the obesity incidence increasing globally and reducing threshold values in the diagnostic tests. The diagnosis and treatment of GDM is very significant since it may cause maternal and fetal complications. There are many risk factors of gestational diabetes. The major factors are GDM history and obesity. There has been still no exact approach for gestational diabetes screening.