title: Association between neonatal hypoglycaemia and prediabetes in postpartum women with a history of gestational diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the association between hypoglycaemia among neonates born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus and their postpartum prediabetes.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Infants born to mothers with diabetes who experienced hyperglycaemia are more likely to develop hypoglycaemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective-descriptive research was conducted in three tertiary hospitals in southern Thailand.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and fifty matched pairs of mothers and their newborns were included in the study. Data were analysed using descriptive statistic, odds ratio, Spearman's rho correlation and binary logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of neonatal hypoglycaemia was 42·37% and odds ratio was 0·30. The findings showed the significant association between neonatal hypoglycaemia and postpartum blood sugar levels of women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neonatal hypoglycaemia was associated with maternal hyperglycaemia and prediabetes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neonatal hypoglycaemia might be used to predict prediabetes of postpartum women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand.
authors.forename: Sununta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Youngwanichsetha
authors.forename: Sasitorn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Phumdoung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011236:Prediabetic State; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013785:Thailand; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
keywords: gestational diabetes mellitus; neonatal hypoglycaemia; postpartum women; prediabetes