ABSTRACT OBJETIVE To evaluate the association between the use of iron salts during the first two trimesters of gestation in non-anemic women and the development of gestational diabetes mellitus. METHODS The study used maternal data from the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort. All non-anemic women at the 24th week of gestation (n = 2,463) were eligible for this study. Gestational diabetes mellitus was self-reported by women. Crude and adjusted logistic regression were performed considering level of significance = 0.05. RESULTS Among […]

OBJETIVE: To analyze trends of diagnoses of diabetes mellitus in hospital deliveries. METHODS: Transversal study analyzing data on hospital deliveries for pregnant women living in Ribeirão Preto, SP, from 1998 to 2007. The data on diabetes mellitus in pregnancy were obtained from the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto of the Universidade de São Paulo Hospital Data Processing Center. The data analyzed were: age group, type of delivery (vaginal or cesarean), length of hospitalization and type of care: public (SUS) […]