PART 3: GESTATIONAL DIABETES AND DIABETES IN PREGNANCY

Books, Book Chapters, Guidelines, Reports, Proceedings

Dissertations, Theses
1. Abdul Rahim AZ. A web based expert system for pre-diagnosing gestational diabetes.
BSc Dissertation, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 2006.
http://eprints.uitm.edu.my/2219/1/IZZUL_SYAZWAN_SHUIB_10_24.pdf
2. Ainul Zahaniah AA. Elevation of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and
aminotransaminases towards diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus. M O&G,
University of Malaya, 2012.
3. Chandran S. Universal and risk factor based screening for gestational diabetes in
Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun. MSc Dissertation, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2011.
4. Chew, WF. Prevalence of glucose intolerance/type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated
risk factors in women with previous history of gestational diabetes mellitus. MMedSc
Dissertation, University of Malaya, 2007.
5. Hasna H. Predictive factors of abnormal glucose tolerance at 6 weeks post partum in
women with gestational diabetes, in HUSM Kelantan. MMed Dissertation, Universiti
Sains Malaysia, 2012.
6. Salmi, AA. .Arterial stiffness, inflammatory and atherogenic markers in gestational
diabetes. MSc Dissertation, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2011.
7. Siti Rafiaah I. Prevalence of glucose intolerance and factors that influence it among
pregnant women with and without risk at Antenatal Clinic, HUKM. Dissertation,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2000.
8. Siti Rohana S. Risk factors of gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Gombak district,
Selangor: a case-control study. MPH Dissertation, University of Malaya, 2009.
9. Subashini R. Association of HSCRP, adiponectin, vitamin D and metabolic syndrome in
previous gestational diabetes mellitus women. M Int Med Dissertation, University of
Malaya, 2012.
10. Wan Faizah M. Diet plus insulin compared to diet alone in the treatment of gestational
diabetes mellitus mothers in HUSM Kelantan. MMed Dissertation, Universiti Sains
Malaysia, 2013.
Reviews, Editorials, Commentaries
1. Hanifullah K. A call to arms clear the confusion. Journal of Endocrinology and
Metabolism 2013;3(1):24-8
http://www.jmems.org/index.php/jmems/article/view/74/58
2. Kavitha N, De S, Kanagasabai S. Oral hypoglycemic agents in pregnancy: An update. J
Obstet Gynaecol India 2013;63(2):82-7
3. Mohd Yusof BN, Firouzi S, Mohd Shariff Z, et al. Weighing the evidence of low
glycemic index dietary intervention for the management of gestational diabetes
mellitus: an Asian perspective. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2014;65(2):144-50
4. Moy FM, Ray A, Buckley BS. Techniques of monitoring blood glucose during pregnancy
for women with pre-existing diabetes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev
2014;4:CD009613
Original research
1. Adzura S, Muhaya M, Normalina M, et al. Correlation of serum insulin like growth
factor-I with retinopathy in Malaysian pregnant diabetics. Int J Ophthalmol
2011;4(1):69-72
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3340673.

2. Chew WF, Rokiah P, Chan SP, et al. Prevalence of glucose intolerance, and associated
antenatal and historical risk factors among Malaysian women with a history of
gestational diabetes mellitus. Singapore Med J 2012;53(12):814-20
3. Ghani RA, Shyam S, Arshad F, et al. The influence of fasting insulin level in postgestational diabetes mellitus women receiving low-glycaemic-index diets. Nutr
Diabetes 2014;4:e107
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940829
4. Gill PK, Choo WY, Awang Bulgiba AM. How useful is clinical scoring in reducing the
need for gestational diabetes screening? Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries 2012;32(2):69-74
5. Hariza, H. .The prevalence of macrosomic babies in gestational diabetes mellitus and
its associated factors at Besut district.MPHUniversiti Sains Malaysia,2012.
6. Hayati AR, Cheah FC, Tan AE, et al. Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor expression in
the placentae of diabetic and normal pregnancies. Early Hum Dev 2007;83(1):41-6.
7. Hayati AR, Cheah FC, Yong JF, et al. The role of serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGFI) in neonatal outcome. J Clin Pathol 2004;57(12):1299-301
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770509
8. Kulenthran A, Abdul Majeed N. Glycated haemoglobin is a good predictor of neonatal
hypoglycaemia in pregnancies complicated by diabetes. Malays J Pathol
2011;33(1):21-4
http://www.mjpath.org.my/2011.1/Glycated_haemoglobin.pdf.
9. Low CF, Eusni Rahayu MT, Chong PP, et al. Adiponectin SNP45TG is associated with
gestational diabetes mellitus. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2011;283(6):1255-60
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/232292935_MATERNOFETAL_MEDICINE_Adiponectin_SNP45TG_is_associated_with_gestational_diabetes_mel
litus/file/9fcfd50817ddd9255c.pdf.
10. Malik M. Gestational diabetes mellitus. Malays J Med Sci 2000;7(1):4-9
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3406210
11. Mansour Z, Rozita R, Mohd Nazri Y, et al. Quantitative analysis of fetal DNA in
maternal plasma in gestational diabetes mellitus, iron deficiency anemia and
gestational hypertension pregnancies. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2013;26(10):9606
12. Mohd Yusof BN, Firouzi S, Mohd Shariff Z, et al. Weighing the evidence of low
glycemic index dietary intervention for the management of gestational diabetes
mellitus: an Asian perspective. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2014;65(2):144-50
13. Montazeri S, Sivalingam N, Ammu Kutty R. Is there a genetic variation association in
the IL-10 and TNF alpha promoter gene with gestational diabetes mellitus? Hereditas
2010;147(2):94-102.
14. Montazeri S, Sivalingam N, Ammu Kutty R. Association between polymorphisms in
human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (--308) and -beta (252) genes and development of
gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2010;88(2):139-45
15. Nadarajah VD, Min RG, Judson JP, et al. Maternal plasma soluble fms-like tyrosine
kinase-1 and placental growth factor levels as biochemical markers of gestational
hypertension for Malaysian mothers. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2009;35(5):855-63.
16. Nazimah I, Che Hatikah CH, Murizah MZ, et al. Universal versus selective screening
for detection of gestational diabetes mellitus in a Malaysian population. Malaysian
Family Physician 2009;4(2&3):83-7
http://www.e-mfp.org/old/2009v4n2_3/pdf/gestational_diabetes_mellitus.pdf
17. Nirmala K, Hanis A, Izzat H, et al. Outcome of pregnancy among Malaysian women
with diabetes mellitus - a single centre experience. Malaysian Journal of Public Health
Medicine 2013;13(2):1-10
http://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/journals/volume%2013%20(2)/OUTCOME%20OF

%20PREGNANCY%20AMONG%20MALAYSIAN%20WOMEN%20WITH%20DIABETES
%20MELLITUS%20-%20A%20SINGLE%20CENTRE%20EXPERIENCE.pdf.
18. Nor Azlin MI, Maslinda MK, Azimatun NA, et al. Homeostatic indices of insulin
resistance among gestational diabetics in anticipating pregnancy complications.
Gynecol Endocrinol 2013;29(7):691-4.
19. Nor Azlin MI, Norkhatijah MA, Zaleha AM, et al. Gestational diabetes mellitus in
primigravidae: a mild disease. Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove) 2011;54(1):21-4
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/51098182_Gestational_diabetes_mellitus_in_
primigravidae_a_mild_disease/file/3deec520af4afa1016.pdf
20. Nor Azlin MI, Raji HO, Norashikin AW, et al. Glycemic control among pregnant diabetic
women on insulin who fasted during Ramadan. Iran J Med Sci 2011;36(4):254-9
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3470278
21. Nor Azlin MI, Rohaida A, Seri S S, et al. Safety and tolerability of once or twice daily
neutral protamine hagedorn insulin in fasting pregnant women with diabetes during
Ramadan. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2011;37(2):132-7
22. Nor Azlin MI, Natasha Ain MN, Seri Suniza S, et al. Comparative study of two insulin
regimes in pregnancy complicated by diabetes mellitus. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
2007;86(4):407-8.
23. Nor Khatijah MA, Nor Azlin MI, Zaleha AM, et al. An analysis of targeted single
nucleotide polymorphisms for the risk prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus in a
cohort of Malaysian patients. Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Medicine 2011;1:1-8
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3063/1/2011-1-1.pdf
24. Noraihan MN, Wong JHW, Naing NN, et al. Comparison of maternal-fetal outcomes in
gestational diabetes and lesser degrees of glucose intolerance. J Obstet Gynaecol
Res 2006;32(1):107-14.
25. Roach VJ, Hin LY, Tam WH, et al. The incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension
among patients with carbohydrate intolerance. Hypertens Pregnancy 2000;19(2):1839
26. Salmi AA, Zaki NM, Rahimah Z, et al. Arterial stiffness, inflammatory and proatherogenic markers in gestational diabetes mellitus. Vasa 2012;41(2):96-104
27. Sangeetha S, Fatimah A, Rohana A, et al. Lowering dietary glycaemic index through
nutrition education among Malaysian women with a history of gestational diabetes
mellitus. Malays J Nutr 2013;19(1):9-23
http://nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0019_1/2%20Sangeetha_Page%209-24.pdf
28. Sangeetha S, Fatimah A, Rohana AG, et al. Low glycaemic index diets improve
glucose tolerance and body weight in women with previous history of gestational
diabetes: a six months randomized trial. Nutr J 2013;12:68,2891-12-68
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671161/pdf/1475-2891-12-68.pdf
29. Shamsuddin K, Zaleha AM, Siti Rafiaah I, et al. Risk factor screening for abnormal
glucose tolerance in pregnancy. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2001;75(1):27-32
http://www.iiumedic.net/commed/v4/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/C_A-A2-Gr1-gdmscreening-11-11-2011.pdf
30. Tan AE, Norizah WM, Hayati AR, et al. Umbilical artery resistance index in diabetic
pregnancies: the associations with fetal outcome and neonatal septal hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2005;31(4):296-301
31. Tan PC, Aziz AZ, Ismail IS, et al. Gamma-glutamyltransferase, alanine transaminase
and aspartate transaminase levels and the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus.
Clin Biochem 2012;45(15):1192-6.
32. Tan PC, Chai JN, Ling LP, et al. Maternal hemoglobin level and red cell indices as
predictors of gestational diabetes in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Clin Exp Obstet
Gynecol 2011;38(2):150-4.

33. Tan PC, Mubarak S, Siti Zawiyah O. Gamma-glutamyltransferase level in pregnancy is

an independent risk factor for gestational diabetes mellitus. J Obstet Gynaecol Res
2008;34(4):512-7.
34. Tan PC, Ling LP, Siti Zawiah O. The 50-g glucose challenge test and pregnancy
outcome in a multiethnic Asian population at high risk for gestational diabetes. Int J
Gynaecol Obstet 2009;105(1):50-5
35. Tan PC, Ling LP, Siti Zawiah O. Screening for gestational diabetes at antenatal
booking in a Malaysian university hospital: the role of risk factors and threshold value
for the 50-g glucose challenge test. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2007;47(3):191-7.
36. Wan Faizah, M. .Diet plus insulin compared to diet alone in the treatment of
gestational diabetes mellitus mothers in HUSM Kelantan.MMedUniversiti Sains
Malaysia,2013.
37. Zahid H, Zuraidah MY, Syed Azhar SS. Evaluation of knowledge regarding gestational
diabetes mellitus and its association with glycaemic level: A Malaysian study. Prim
Care Diabetes 2014;.
38. Zahid H, Zuraidah MY, Syed Azhar SS. A study exploring the association of attitude
and treatment satisfaction with glycaemic level among gestational diabetes mellitus
patients. Prim Care Diabetes 2014
Case reports
None found