Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Justin Lewis Denakpo

Publications

• Research Article
  Randomized Study Comparing Two Gestational Diabetes Screening Strategies in a Reference Maternity Hospital in Southern Benin
  Author(s): Ogourinde Mathieu Ogoudjobi, Megnisse Sena HS Lokossou, Veronique Tognifode, Moufalilou Aboubakar, Anelie Kerekou, Eric Tandjiekpon, Justin Lewis Denakpo and Rene-Xavier PerrinOgourinde Mathieu Ogoudjobi, Megnisse Sena HS Lokossou, Veronique Tognifode, Moufalilou Aboubakar, Anelie Kerekou, Eric Tandjiekpon, Justin Lewis Denakpo and Rene-Xavier Perrin
  
  Objective: The objective of this work is to compare two gestational diabetes screening strategies. Patients and methods: We conducted a comparative randomized study that screened gestational diabetes on pregnant women who are between 24th and 28th weeks of amenorrhea. We conducted the trials either by measuring fasting glucose values or by a glucose tolerance test performed two hours after oral loading of 75 g glucose (WHO test). The study involved 580 pregnant women (290 for each type of trial) who came for antenatal appointment at the reference maternity hospital in Porto-Novo (Benin) between February 2nd, 2015 and January 31st, 2017. Results: We detected 26 cases (9%) of gestational diabetes by the “fasting glucose value measurement method” as compared to the 18 cases (6.2%) detected by the WHO test, leading to a p-value of 0.209. The two types of test were equally relev.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2090-7214.1000295

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