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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">113</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Effect of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Macrosomia Infants&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Guy1</surname><given-names>Mutangala Muloye</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>*</surname><given-names>2</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Yves2</surname><given-names>Isango Idi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Charles3</surname><given-names>Kaya Mulumbati</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Didier4</surname><given-names>Munganga Ngoy</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sandra5</surname><given-names>Yowa Muya</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>NgoyAurelie3</surname><given-names>Kasangye Ka</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname/><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Albert2</surname><given-names>Mwembo Tambwe</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname/><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Tao1</surname><given-names>Wei Zeng</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>02</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>41</fpage><lpage>45</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: This study aims to explore fetal and maternal complications of macrosomia; and also to compare fetal characteristics of macrosomia infants of GDM and Non- GDM mothers.&#13;
Methodology: This is a retrospective study, on women who delivered macrosomia infants over a two-year period (2014-2015), at the University of Lubumbashi hospital and Don Bosco Clinic in Lubumbashi/ Democratic Republic of Congo. Obstetrical parameters were taken from the labor register and all data were analyzed using SPSS 17.00 statistical software; independent and paired sample t- test, Chi-square tests were performed (__ampersandsignalpha;=0.05 level, 95 % confidence interval).&#13;
Results: A total of 87 women, with a mean age of 32.73 51 (__ampersandsignplusmn; 5.16) were enrolled into the study. From these women 54 % had Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).Mean birth weight of babies from GDM mothers (4182.25 __ampersandsignplusmn; 177) was higher than those with Non-GDM mothers (4156__ampersandsignplusmn;165.662) with a p value __ampersandsignlt;0.05.This study revealed that GDM induce hypoglycemia in newborn(X2=4.252 and p=0.001) but other parameters such as Cephalohematoma and perineal mortality were not statistically associated with GDM.&#13;
Conclusion: Fetal characteristics of macrosomia can be different when it occurs in infants from GDM mothers or non-GDM mothers. Hypoglycemia in infants was found to have a strong association with GDM. The main recommendation is to increase Glucose control during pregnancy in order to minimize any risk in the infants.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Macrosomia</kwd><kwd> Gestational Diabetes</kwd><kwd> Democratic Republic of Congo</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
