FREQUENCY OF PRE-GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN WITH MISCARRIAGE

Maria Ghafoor; Najma Farhat; Firdous Khatoon; Asifa Ghazi; Fauzia Anbreen; Qandila Irum

doi:10.46903/gjms/17.01.1919

FREQUENCY OF PRE-GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN WITH MISCARRIAGE

Maria Ghafoor, Najma Farhat, Firdous Khatoon, Asifa Ghazi, Fauzia Anbreen, Qandila Irum

Abstract

Background: In developing countries, miscarriage is one of the common and increasing problems of pregnancy. The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of pre-gestational diabetes mellitus among pregnant women with miscarriage in our population.

Materials & Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan from 3rd November 2015 to 2nd May 2016. Sample size was 268 pregnant women with miscarriage selected through consecutive sampling technique. Inclusion criteria were all pregnant women with miscarriage. Exclusion criteria were molar pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy and diabetics. HbA1c levels of ≤6% was taken as normal, whereas a level >6 was taken as raised level or pre-gestational diabetes. Variables were age, pre-gestational diabetes mellitus, number of pregnancies and duration of pregnancy (≤24, >24). Mean and SD were calculated for quantitative while frequency and percentages for qualitative variables. Descriptive analysis was performed by using SPSS version 16.

Results: Mean age of the patients was 27.66 ±4.93 years. Out of 268 participants, 81(30.22%) were having pre-gestational diabetes mellitus and 187(69.78) were normal, 234(87.31%) were having first pregnancy whereas 34 were having >1 pregnancies, the pre-gestational age ≤ 24 weeks were 130(48.51%) and >24 weeks were 138(51.49%).

Conclusion: One third of the patients with miscarriage were having pre-gestational diabetes mellitus. Almost half of the patients were having gestational age of <24 weeks.

Keywords

HbA1c; Miscarriage; Pre-gestational diabetes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46903/gjms/17.01.1919