EVALUATION OF THE MACULAR, PERIPAPILLARY NERVE FIBER LAYER AND CHOROID THICKNESS CHANGES IN THE GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS, HEALTHY PREGNANT AND WOMEN VOLUNTEERS.

Kayseri Education and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Retinal Evaluation in Patients With GDM.

Treatments: Other: Pregnant volunteers with GDM

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02035995

GokhanAcmaz

Details and patient eligibility

About

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a risk factor for the development of type II diabetes and it is responsible for the morbidity of both mother and child. The aim of this study was to determine retinal findings of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Full description

We have three groups; the first group consisted of pregnant volunteers with GDM. The second group consisted of healthy pregnant participants. The third group consisted of healthy, non-pregnant women at the reproductive age. Macular, choroid and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thicknesses were evaluated in patients with GDM and comparisons were made among GDM, healthy pregnant and healthy non-pregnant subjects for these parameters by using optic cohorence tomography.

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Singleton pregnancies Pregnancies between 26-28 weeks of gestation Gestational Diabetes

Exclusion criteria

• ocular surgery ocular trauma glaucoma cystoid macular edema macular degeneration optic atrophy

Trial design

76 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy volunteers

Description:

This group consisted of age matched non-pregnant healthy volunteers

Treatment:

Other: Pregnant volunteers with GDM

Healthy pregnant volunteers

Description:

This group consisted of age matched healthy pregnant volunteers

Treatment:

Other: Pregnant volunteers with GDM