Why the study?
Despite advances in managing diabetic mothers, congenital heart diseases remain more recurring in their infants, prompting investigation into CHD prevalence and associations with maternal diabetes types and control status.
Population
150 neonates of mothers with diabetes in Yazd
Comparison
Types of maternal diabetes and status of diabetic control
Design
Cross-sectional study
Authors
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May support enhanced CHD screening in IDMs; leaves open whether diabetes type modifies risk.
The prevalence of congenital heart disease in neonates of diabetic mothers is high (12.7%) and strongly associated with uncontrolled maternal diabetes, emphasizing the need for strict glycemic control during pregnancy.
Lookzadeh et al. (2022) studied this question.
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