Abstract
exaggerated and may indicate underlying metabolic dysfunction that transiently manifests during pregnancy.Aim of study: To identify the relation between maternal triglyceride and cholesterol levels and amniotic fluid index in the obstetric population with gestational diabetes mellitus to the newborn birth weight.Methods: A cross sectional study conducted at Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in Al-Elwyia Maternity Teaching Hospital in Baghdad, including 100 pregnant women (gestational age ≥ 37 weeks) having gestational diabetes mellitus. Serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, and glucose concentrations and amniotic fluid index were measured then neonatal birth weight was measured at labor. Results: In this study, 12% of study patients had high cholesterol level and 47% had high Triglyceride level and 32% had high amniotic fluid index. Mean birth weight was significantly higher in babies delivered by patients with dyslipidemia than that in those delivered by patients without dyslipidemia. A positive correlation was detected between birth weight and with both S. cholesterol S. triglyceride. But no statistical significant correlation detected between amniotic fluid index and birth weight.Conclusion: S. Cholesterol and triglyceride levels in gestational diabetes pregnant women could be significantly correlated with neonatal birth weight unlike the amniotic fluid index.Keywords: Gestational DM, triglyceride, cholesterol, AFI, birthweight.
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Mohammod, Zubaida and Alnakash, Abdulrazak
(2025)
"Relation between Maternal Triglyceride, Cholesterol Levels and Amniotic Fluid Index in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus to Newborn Birth Weight at Term,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 24:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.52573/ipmj.2025.143800
Available at:
https://ipmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol24/iss1/6
DOI
10.52573/ipmj.2025.143800