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Maternal nutritional status in diabetes mellitus and neonatal characteristics at birth
Diane Bressan Pedrini1, Maria Luzia Chollopetz da Cunha2, Márcia Koja Breigeiron2
1Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Objectives:
to analyze the nutritional status of women with diagnosis of Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy and the newborns' characteristics in relation to health conditions at birth.
Methods:
transversal study with data from 394 electronic medical charts (197 newborn and 197 mothers), between 2017 and 2018. Descriptive and analytical statistics.
Results:
there was prevalence of women with Gestational Diabetes (78.2%), followed by Type II Diabetes (13.7%) and Type I Diabetes (8.1%), and of term births (85.3%) and cesarean deliveries (54.8%). Type I Diabetes was associated to earlier gestational age at birth (p>0.001) and obesity during pregnancy was associated to higher birth weight of newborns (p=0.024). Clinical complications occurred in 37.6% of newborns. Among complications, Type I Diabetes was associated with respiratory disorder (p=0.005), and prematurity was associated with mother's overweight/obesity (p=0.010).
Conclusions:
we strongly advise about the need of metabolic and nutritional control during gestations that course with Diabetes mellitus, due occurrence of negative consequences to the newborn´s health at birth.
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