GDM does not predict large birthweight or perinatal death in a
relatively untreated population in Uganda; a prospective observational
cohort study.
Jack Milln (MBBS)1,2* and Betty Nakabuye
(MMED)3,4, Barnabas Natamba (PhD)1,
Isaac Sekitoleko (MSc)1, Michael Mubiru
(BSc)1, Arthur Araali Namara (MSc)1,
Samuel Tumwesigire (MBchB)1, Salome Tino
(MPH)1, Mandy Mirembe (MSc)1, Ayoub
Kakande (MSc)1, Brian Agaba (MMED)3,
Faridah Nansubuga (MMED)5, Daniel Zaake
(MMED)5, Ben Ayiko (MMED)6, Herbert
Kalema (MMED)7, Sarah Nakubulwa
(PhD)8,9, Musa Sekikubo (PhD)8,9,
Annettee Nakimuli (PhD)8,9, Emily L Webb
(PhD)10, Moffat J Nyirenda (PhD)1,10
1 Non-Communicable Diseases Theme, Medical Research
Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Plot 51-59,
Nakiwogo Road, P. O. BOX 49, Entebbe, Uganda.
2 Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Queen Mary
University of London, Mile End Road, London, UK.
3 Uganda Martyrs Hospital, Lubaga, Kampala, Uganda.
4 School of Public Health, Makerere University College
of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
5 St. Francis Hospital, Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda
6 Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, Entebbe, Uganda
7 Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, Masaka, Uganda
8 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of
Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala,
Uganda
9 Kawempe Specialized National Referral Hospital,
Kampala, Uganda
10 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
(LSHTM), London, UK
* Corresponding author