Role of risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus in determining newborn outcomes in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Abstract

Method: The study was a prospective open cohort study carried out from March 1st to November 2017 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos; Nigeria. Ethical approval obtained from LUTH ethics committee. All the pregnant women were categorized into either risk group or control group based on the presence or absence of clinical risk factors for GDM. They all had 75 g OGTT done at 24 to 28 weeks gestation. The women and babies were followed up till delivery. The pregnant women were categorized into those with single, two and more than two clinical risk factors for GDM. Anthropometric measurements of the newborn that were done were birth weight, chest, abdominal and head circumference. The P value of less than or equal to 0.05 was considered significant.