Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina, vol.140, no.3, pp.390-397, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
BACKGROUND: Reduced antioxidant defenses may reflect a poor protective response against oxidative stress and this may be implicated in progression of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Oxidative stress induced by hyperglycemia plays a major role in micro and macrovascular complications, which imply endothelial dysfunction.