Abstract

EVALUATION OF SOME BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN NEONATES FROM GESTATIONAL DIABETIC PREGNANCY

Ifetayo Helen Ajayi and Ajibade Oluwagbenga Oyeyemi*

ABSTRACT

Neonates from pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are predisposed to various risk factors that could lead to neonatal adverse outcome. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of GDM on some biochemical parameters such as Alanine amino transferase (ALT), Aspartate amino transferase (AST), Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Bilirubin, Total protein and Albumin in neonates from gestational diabetic pregnancy. Fifty women with GDM and fifty healthy pregnant women in their third trimester attending federal Teaching Hospital Ido-Ekiti were recruited into the study. Serum concentrations of ALT, AST, ALP, Bilirubin, Total protein and Albumin in the neonates were determined. Significant decrease (p

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