Diabetic Birth Defects
ATLANTA (AP) - A new government study claims diabetic women who
get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child
with birth defects than other women.
It found nearly 40 types of birth defects are significantly more
common in the infants of diabetic mothers than in those who weren’t
diabetic, or who were diagnosed with diabetes after they became
pregnant. That’s more than was first thought.
The study was led by researchers at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and is the largest of its kind. It provides
the most detailed information to date on types of birth defects
found in the infants of diabetic mothers, including heart defects,
missing kidneys and spine deformities.
Birth defects affect one in 33 babies born in the United States,
and cause about one in five infant deaths.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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