Blood samples in the rasting state were drawn rrom 1,560 non diabetic Peruvan pregnant women at 26 to 36 weeks or gestatlon in order to establish a normal range für fasting serum glucose in pregnancy (ortho-tolouidine method) and to examine whether maternal-fetal prognosis differs when maternal fasting blood sugar (FBS) values are beyond this range. The 3rd, 50th and 95th percentiles were SO, 67, 80 and 85 mg/dl, respectively. Pregnant women with diabetes risk factors had mean serum glucose values higher titan pregnant women without such risk factors significantly. Follow up was completed on 1,415 (90.7%) of the pregnancies and 1,043 (67%) of the newborns. Maternal FDS showed a positive association to diabetes rlsk factors, pregnancy complicatlons, feto-pelvic disproportion, shoulder dystocia, operative deliveries and perinatal morbidity and mortality. A significant increase In the mate...

Blood samples in the rasting state were drawn rrom 1,560 non diabetic Peruvan pregnant women at 26 to 36 weeks or gestatlon in order to establish a normal range für fasting serum glucose in pregnancy (ortho-tolouidine method) and to examine whether maternal-fetal prognosis differs when maternal fasting blood sugar (FBS) values are beyond this range. The 3rd, 50th and 95th percentiles were SO, 67, 80 and 85 mg/dl, respectively. Pregnant women with diabetes risk factors had mean serum glucose values higher titan pregnant women without such risk factors significantly. Follow up was completed on 1,415 (90.7%) of the pregnancies and 1,043 (67%) of the newborns. Maternal FDS showed a positive association to diabetes rlsk factors, pregnancy complicatlons, feto-pelvic disproportion, shoulder dystocia, operative deliveries and perinatal morbidity and mortality. A significant increase In the mate...