Association among Cases of Pregnancy Weight Gain, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Neonatal Delivery Outcomes at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Nairobi City

Abstract

Gestational Weight Gain and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus are interrelated and are also closely associated with adverse neonatal deliveries namely macrosomia and preterm births. However, available literature does not shed light on comparison between the magnitude of adverse newborn outcomes associated with GDM and GWG together on one hand and GWG only on the other hand in women of various BMI in Kenya. Consequently, this study investigated the association among the cases of GWG, GDM and neonatal outcomes in women of various BMI attending antennal care and eventually delivering at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.