Insulin resistance has a direct correlation with which condition?

• A. Hypertension
• B. Gestational diabetes
• C. Anemia
• D. Hyperthyroidism

Answer: (B)

Insulin resistance means the body's tissues aren’t responding well enough to insulin, so more insulin is needed to keep blood glucose in check. In pregnancy, hormones produced by the placenta raise insulin resistance. If the pancreas can’t produce enough extra insulin to overcome this resistance, blood glucose climbs, leading to gestational diabetes. This direct mechanism—pregnancy-related insulin resistance with an insufficient compensatory insulin response—explains why gestational diabetes is the condition most closely linked to insulin resistance. Hypertension can be seen with diabetes in broader metabolic contexts, but the pregnancy-specific, direct link is gestational diabetes. Anemia and hyperthyroidism don’t hinge on the same insulin-resistance pathway.