Early pregnancy hyperglycaemia as a significant predictor of large for gestational age neonates.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aimed to determine the effect of early pregnancy hyperglycaemia on having a large for gestational age (LGA) neonate.

Methods

A prospective cohort study was conducted among pregnant women in their first trimester. One-step plasma glucose (PG) evaluation procedure was performed to assess gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and diabetes mellitus (DM) in pregnancy as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria with International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG) thresholds. The main outcome studied was large for gestational age neonates (LGA).

Results

A total of 2,709 participants were recruited with a mean age of 28 years (SD = 5.4) and a median gestational age (GA) of eight weeks (interquartile range [IQR] = 2). The prevalence

SUBMITTER: Jayasinghe IU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917036 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature