Risk factors for macrosomy in newborn children with pregnant diabetes mothers.

Abstract

Backgroud: Diabetes represents one of the medical conditions complicating pregnancy more frequently, and has the major repercussion not only on mother and foetus but also in the new born child. Objectives: To determine the maternal conditions that associate with the apparition of macrosomia on descendants. Methods: Analytical study that included 159 cases with gestational diabetes treated in the obstetric service of the Universitary Provincial Hospital ¨Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima¨ de Cienfuegos, in the years 2003-2004. there were evaluated the maternal age, the parity, hypertension, gestational diabetes and macro foetus antecedents, nutritional values before pregnancy, skin colour, gestational time to diagnosis, PTG values at two hours, gestational time at delivery. A multivariate analysis was done through a logistic regression. Results and Conclusions: Obesity and gestational diabetes diagnosis over 23 weeks were the variable group that most associated with the apparition of macrosomia.

Keywords

• macrosomía fetal
• diabetes gestacional
• obesidad