Author(s)

Adeniran Samuel Atiba^1*, Babatunde Ajayi Olofinbiyi², Akindele Rasaq Akintunde³, Aduloju Olusola Peter², Ojo Olubunmi Clementinah⁴, Akinlua Ibikunle⁴

¹Department of Chemical Pathology, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
³Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
⁴Department of Biochemistry, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.

Objective: This is to determine the plasma lipid profile status of patients diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus. Methodology: Seventy-nine pregnant women between gestational age of 24 and 28 weeks out of which 23 and 16 were diagnosed of having GDM using IADAPSG and WHO guidelines respectively were recruited into the study. Plasma lipid profile was determined among the study groups using standard laboratory techniques. Results: Higher numbers of women were diagnosed with GDM using IASDAPG criteria than when WHO criteria were used. Plasma lipid profile showed no significant difference between women with GDM and Non-GDM irrespective of guidelines used in the diagnosis of GDM. Conclusion: Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus may have influence on lipid metabolism but not likely in the second trimester of pregnancy as observed in our study.

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Lipid Profile

Atiba, A. , Olofinbiyi, B. , Akintunde, A. , Peter, A. , Clementinah, O. and Ibikunle, A. (2017) Maternal Plasma Lipid Profile in Women Screened for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7, 1209-1215. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2017.712123.