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- Title
The prevalence of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy in Australia.
- Authors
Moses, Robert G.; Wong, Veronica C.K.; Lambert, Kelly; Morris, Gary J.; San Gil, Fernando
- Abstract
Background The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society ( ADIPS) has recently endorsed the World Health Organization ( WHO) terminology and classification of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. The prevalence is likely to increase, but no prospective data are available for a representative Australian population. Aims To determine the prevalence of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy ( HIP) using results from both the public and private sectors in a population that has a similar ethnicity to the overall Australian population. Material and Methods The results of all pregnancy oral glucose tolerance tests ( POGTT) in the public sector and by a dominant private pathology provider in a major city have been prospectively collected for a three-year period and analysed using the ADIPS ( WHO) criteria. Results The prevalence of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy ( HIP) was 13.1% with diabetes mellitus in pregnancy ( DIP) being 0.4% and gestational diabetes mellitus ( GDM) being 12.7%. Conclusion The new criteria will diagnose about one-third more women with GDM than the previous ADIPS criteria. This will have resource and health implications. Focussed local health economic data will be important.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; GESTATIONAL diabetes; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; HYPERGLYCEMIA; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio; PREGNANCY; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2016, Vol 56, Issue 4, p341
- ISSN
0004-8666
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ajo.12447