Maternal glycemia and birth weight.
A study of 96 high-risk, but uneventful pregnancies was performed. Overt hyperglycemia was excluded after 24 weeks of gestation by fasting serum glucose >110 mg, serum glucose of >140 mg two hours after a large breakfast (group 1, 44 subjects) or >140 mg two hours after a standard glucose load (group 2, 52 subjects). A significant linear correlation between the two-hour postprandial serum glucose and birth weight was found in group 1 (r = 0.29, p > 0.05). There was a random correlation (r = -0.002, p < 0.4) in group 2. It is suggested that the dietary habits were an important variable.
D001724:Birth Weight; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000097:blood; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third
D001786:Blood Glucose