HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by PEDERSEN, J. F. Articles by MORTENSEN, H. B. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by PEDERSEN, J. F. Articles by MORTENSEN, H. B.

Fetal Growth Delay and Maternal Hemoglobin A_1c in. Early Diabetic Pregnancy

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rigshospitalet, Ultrasound Laboratory, and the Department of Pediatrics, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

Forty insulin-dependent diabetic women in the first trimester of pregnancy were studied. Fetal crown-rump length was measured by ultrasound and related to maternal hemoglobin A_1c. Thirty mothers with normal size fetuses had an average hemoglobin A_1c level of 7.8%. Ten mothers had fetuses that were smaller than normal (equivalent to eight to 14 days less growth) and also had higher hemoglobin A_1c, 8.9% (P < .05), indicating a more poorly controlled diabetes. Careful metabolic compensation in very early diabetic pregnancy should therefore be attempted to prevent induction of early fetal growth delay.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				H M Gardiner, L Pasquini, J Wolfenden, E Kulinskaya, W Li, and M Henein Increased periconceptual maternal glycated haemoglobin in diabetic mothers reduces fetal long axis cardiac function Heart, August 1, 2006; 92(8): 1125 - 1130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]