Author/Authors :
JAFARI-SHOBEIRI, Mehri Women's Reproductive Health Research Center - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , GHOJAZADEH, Morteza Women's Reproductive Health Research Center - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , AZAMI-AGHDASH, Saber Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , NAGHAVI-BEHZAD, Mohammad Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , PIRI, Reza Medical Philosophy and History Research Center - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , POURALI-AKBAR, Yasmin Students’ Research Committee - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , NASROLLAH-ZADEH, Raheleh Students’ Research Committee - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , BAYAT-KHAJEH, Parvaneh Students’ Research Committee - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , MOHAMMADI, Marzieh Women's Reproductive Health Research Center - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract :
Background: Gestational Diabetes (GD) is one of the major public health issues. The purpose of the present study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the risk factors and prevalence rate of this disorder in Iran.
Methods: This systematic review and meta- analysis article was prepared using the databases of Science Direct, Pub-Med, Scopus, Magiran, Iranmedex and SID, Google search engine, Gray Literature, reference lists check and hand searching using keywords such as "prevalence", "gestational diabetes mellitus", "GDM", "risk factor*", "Ir@n" and "Postpartum Diabetes". The selected papers were fully reviewed and the required information for the systematic re-view was extracted and summarized using extraction table in Microsoft Office Excel software.
Results: Twenty-four of 1011 papers were quite relevant to the objectives of the review so they were included. The mean age of the participants was 29.43±4.97 yr and the prevalence of GDMwas 3.41% (the highest and the lowest prevalence rates were 18.6% and 1.3% respectively). Among the influential factors mentioned in the literature, poten-tial causes of GDM are gestational age, history of gestational diabetes, family history of diabetes, body mass index, abortions and parity, and history of macrosomia.
Conclusion: Considering the high prevalence of postpartum diabetes and its related factors in Iran, strategic planning for disease prevention and reduction is inevitable.
Keywords :
Prevalence , Gestational diabetes , Risk factors , Iran
