The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between maternal prolactin in the third trimester of pregnancy and cord blood prolactin, the correlation between cord blood prolactin and birth weight of the neonates, and to compare cord blood prolactin level in newborns of women with normal pregnancy and women with pregnancy complications namely;
gestational hypertension,
gestational diabetes and preterm labour.
High blood sugar is associated with several (https://cms.ibtimes.com/obesity-high-blood-sugar-increase-stillbirth-risk-pregnant-women-diabetes-study-says-2810276) pregnancy-related complications for the mother and the child, including stillbirth, admission to neonatal intensive care and babies smaller than their
gestational age.
The researchers found that using the 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines resulted in 25.1 percent of women (4,100) being diagnosed with
gestational hypertension compared with 4.2 percent (678) using the previous Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee guidelines.
Gestational diabetes mellitus is an illness distinct as any type of glucose intolerance which is developed for the first time in pregnant women.
IDM and 15-25% of hypoglycaemic IDM are born to mothers with
gestational diabetes.
"Although type 1 and type 2 diabetes in parents are well-established risk factors for diabetes, we show that
gestational diabetes mellitus may be a risk indicator for diabetes in the mother's children before age 22," says Dr.
Previous studies of the relationship between
gestational weight gain and maternal and neonatal outcomes have been limited by "small sample sizes, single sites, restricted reporting of outcomes, and a lack of racial-ethnic diversity," Michelle A.
Gestational diabetes occurs only in pregnancy and results when the level of blood sugar, or glucose, rises too high.
In the study, researchers evaluated whether the HbA1c test (also called the A1C test), commonly used to diagnose type 2 diabetes, could identify signs of
gestational diabetes in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Methodology: In this study, 360 females with
gestational diabetes (GDM) were selected.
-- A blood test conducted as early as the 10th week of pregnancy may help identify women at risk for
gestational diabetes, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.
