Perinatal outcomes and macrosomia in a multi-ethnic population of women with type 2 diabetes

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2006 Dec;46(6):552-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00659.x.

Abstract

We reviewed pregnancy outcomes of women with type 2 diabetes giving birth over a six-year period, comparing the main ethnic groups. Asian women had significantly smaller babies and lower rates of macrosomia as defined by standard growth charts. Other outcomes were similar between the Asian, European and Polynesian women.

MeSH terms

  • Asian People
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / ethnology*
  • Female
  • Fetal Macrosomia / ethnology*
  • Humans
  • Infant Mortality
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome / ethnology*
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / ethnology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • White People