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. 2024 Apr 1:12:20503121241241934.
doi: 10.1177/20503121241241934. eCollection 2024.

Elevated uric acid in gestational diabetes and its risk on pregnancy outcomes

Marwa Mostafa Ahmed  1 , Nagwa Eid Saad  1 , Shimaa Mohamed Abbas  2 , Tarek Mohamed Saeed El Azizi  1 , Inas El Sayed  1
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Elevated uric acid in gestational diabetes and its risk on pregnancy outcomes

Marwa Mostafa Ahmed et al. SAGE Open Med. .

Abstract

Background: Over the past few years, gestational diabetes mellitus has become more common. According to earlier research, gestational diabetes mellitus is linked to higher uric acid levels, and gestational hyperuricemia is linked to poor maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Aim and objectives: To assess the influence of elevated uric acid >5 mg/dl on pregnancy outcomes such as neonatal weight, respiratory distress, preterm delivery, neonatal intensive care unit admission, premature membrane rupture, oligohydramnios, cesarean section, and intensive care admission for mothers.

Setting and methods: It is a prospective cohort study, carried out at obstetric/family medicine outpatient clinics, Cairo University Hospitals on 221 pregnant females with gestational diabetes mellitus in their third trimester of pregnancy, selected by random sampling, performed structured interviews, and tested for serum uric acid level and were separated into two groups, those with elevated uric acid >5 mg/dl (121) and those without elevated uric acid ⩽5 mg/dl (100) patients and then followed up until delivery in Cairo University Hospitals for collecting pregnancy outcome data.

Results: There were statistically significant differences between the antepartum uric acid and neonatal complications, maternal complications, preterm, macrosomia, neonatal intensive care unit admission, premature rupture of membranes, oligohydramnios, and cesarean section between both groups.

Conclusions: This study showed that elevated serum uric acid >5 mg/dl can predict the incidence of maternal and neonatal problems in gestational diabetes mellitus including preterm, macrosomia, neonatal intensive care unit admission, premature rupture of membranes, oligohydramnios, and cesarean section.

Keywords: Gestational diabetes; adverse perinatal outcomes; hyperuricemia; uric acid.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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