title: Gestational diabetes mellitus and fetal death in Mozambique: an incident case-referent study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Third trimester fetal death is a common problem in Mozambique, occurring in approximately 5% of parturient women.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To elucidate the magnitude of the gestational diabetes mellitus problem, and to estimate its prevalence in a group of women with unexplained late fetal deaths and in women with live fetuses (referents).
  
  
  METHODS
  An incident case-referent study of 109 pregnant Mozambican women with fetal deaths and 110 women delivering liveborns, regarding fasting B-glucose, oral glucose tolerance test and glycosylated hemoglobin.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The difference in gestational diabetes mellitus prevalence in the two groups is not significant. The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus was high in both groups: 11% and 7%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sundsvall Hospital, Sweden. Kenneth.Challis@lvn.se
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Challis
authors.forename: Armandio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bugalho
authors.forename: Jan O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Jeppsson
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergström
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009073:Mozambique / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin