Perinatal outcomes and macrosomia in a multi-ethnic population of women with type 2 diabetes.
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.
Hughes
Ruth
R
Department of General Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand. ruth.hughes@xtra.co.nz
Rowan
Janet
J
D044466:Asian People; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005320:Fetal Macrosomia / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000208:ethnology*; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000208:ethnology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D044465:White People