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As to prediabetic syndrome, including abortion, stillbirth, neonatal death and large baby etc, we observed the partners of 65 male diabetic patients, and checked them up with 69 female diabetics and 54 normal females. The following results were obtained:
1) No significant difference was noted in the abortion rate among any age groups;the rate was appreciably high, however, in those under 40 years old, considering 3.8% of the partners of male diabetics, 11.3% of female diabetics, and 8.0% of normal females.
2) The premature birth rate was rather high also in the diabetic group.
3) Many female diabetics complained of dysmenorrhea.
4) The birth rate of large baby was 14.0% in female diabetics, 5.1% in the partners of male diabetics, and 0.9% in normal females: the rate proved to be evidently high on the part of female diabetics. The significant difference was seen between the partners of male diabetic patients and the contrast groups. This tendency was clearer in those under 40 years old: 20.0% in female diabetics, 8.0% in the partners of male diabetics, and 4.3% in normal females.
5) Many female diabetics showed perinatal loss.
6) The correlation was observed between the birth rate of large baby and obesity of parents.
As stated above, so-called “prediabetic syndrome” is considered to appear with the approach of the onset of diabetes mellitus, judging from the results that abortion, premature birth, and large baby birth rates were higher in those under 40 years old.
