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Gestational diabetes mellitus and fetal death in Mozambique: an incident case-referent study

In English

Författare

  • K Challis
  • A Melo
  • A Bugalho
  • Jan-Olof Jeppsson
  • S Bergström

Summary, in English

Background. Third trimester fetal death is a common problem in Mozambique, occurring in approximately 5% of parturient women. Objective. To elucidate the magnitude of the gestational diabetes mellitus problem, and to estimate its prevalence in a group of women with unexplained late fetal deaths and in women with live fetuses (referents). Methods. An incident case-referent study of 109 pregnant Mozambican women with fetal deaths and 110 women delivering liveborns, regarding fasting B-glucose, oral glucose tolerance test and glycosylated hemoglobin. Result. The difference in gestational diabetes mellitus prevalence in the two groups is not significant. The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus was high in both groups: 11% and 7%, respectively.

Publiceringsår

2002

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

560-563

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volym

81

Issue

6

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine

Nyckelord

  • fetal death
  • gestational diabetes mellitus
  • OGTT
  • HbAlc
  • Mozambique

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Clinical Chemistry, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1600-0412