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Gestational diabetes mellitus and fetal death in Mozambique: an incident case-referent study
Kenneth Challis1, Armandio Melo, Antonio Bugalho
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sundsvall Hospital, Sweden. Kenneth.Challis@lvn.se
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.
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