FETAL GROWTH DELAY AND MATERNAL HEMOGLOBIN-A1C IN EARLY DIABETIC PREGNANCY
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 64 (3) , 351-352
Abstract
Insulin-dependent diabetic women (40) in the 1st trimester of pregnancy were studied. Fetal crown-rump length was measured by ultrasound and related to maternal Hb A1c. Thirty mothers with normal size fetuses had an average Hb A1c level of 7.8%. Ten mothers had fetuses that were smaller than normal (equivalent to 8-14 days less growth) and also had higher Hb A1c, 8.9% (P < 0.05), indicating a more poorly controlled diabetes. Careful metabolic compensation in very early diabetic pregnancy should therefore the attempted to prevent induction of early fetal growth delay.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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