[Anthropometry at birth of the child of a mother with a change in glucose metabolism]

Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex. 1991 May;48(5):341-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The study compares 156 newborns whose mothers had an endocrinological diagnosis of various glucose metabolism disorders, and a control group of 42 newborn whose mothers had no glucose metabolism disorder. The entire sample including the control group had 98 males and 100 females. The study group with 156 newborns was divided into 4 groups, depending on the degree of the mother's disorder. In group 1, the baby's mothers suffered diabetes mellitus type 1; group 2, diabetes type 2; group 3, gestational diabetes; and group 4, pregnancy disorders of glucose. We observed that there were no differences among the groups in the weight/height ratio. Nevertheless there was great variability in the correlation between height and weight among the study groups. Multiplex box and whisker plots conform that intergroup dispersions in the weight height ratio was greater for the experimental group than for the control group. The pattern results was similar for the weight-head circumference ratio. We concluded that adequate control of glucose metabolism disorder during pregnancy results in product with normal growth indices.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anthropometry*
  • Blood Glucose / metabolism*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Glucose Tolerance Test
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / blood
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / epidemiology
  • Sex Factors

Substances

  • Blood Glucose