Maternal nutritional status and pregnancy symptoms among healthy pregnant and gestational diabetic women
The aims of this study were to compare and correlate maternal nutritional status and pregnancy symptoms between healthy pregnant and gestational diabetic women. A total of I 08 pregnant women (77 healthy and 31 gestational diabetic), aged between 19 to 34 year-old, within the gestational age of 3...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/57537/1/TE...Teow%20Ying%20Liang...2012...mka..%20-%20e.pdf |
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| Summary: | The aims of this study were to compare and correlate maternal nutritional status and pregnancy
symptoms between healthy pregnant and gestational diabetic women. A total of I 08 pregnant
women (77 healthy and 31 gestational diabetic), aged between 19 to 34 year-old, within the
gestational age of 32 to 40 weeks were recruited from Obstetric and Gynecology, Hospital
Universiti Sains Malaysia. Pregnancy symptoms score were assessed with validated Pregnancy
Symptoms Questionnaire. Independent t-test, Mann-Whitney test, Pearson and Spearman
correlations were used for statistical analysis. Gestational diabetic women had significantly
higher pre-pregnancy body mass index (p=0.026), body fat mass at late trimester (p=O.OOI),
experienced lower frequency (p=0.044) and higher severity (p=0.026) of headache than healthy
pregnant women. Maternal weight gain rate was correlated positively with various pregnancy
symptoms among pregnant women. There is a significant difference on maternal nutritional
status and general pregnancy symptoms between healthy pregnant and gestational diabetic
women. There is also a significant correlation of maternal weight gain rate and pregnancy
symptoms among all pregnant women. |
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