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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1992 38(6):327-329; doi:10.1093/tropej/38.6.327
© 1992 by Oxford University Press
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A Simple Method for the Assessment of Infants of Diabetic Mothers at Birth

Charles O. Eregie, MD, FWACP, FMCPaed *

Department of Pediatrics, Specialist Hospital Adamawa State, Nigeria

Correspondence: Dr C. O. Eregie, Department of Paediatrics, Specialist Hospital, Yola, Gongola State, Nigeria.

Twenty-five infants of diabetic mothers were analysed over a 6-month period from three hospitals to determine the value of arm/head ratio in the identification of infants of diabetic mothers at birth. The infants were grouped according to control of maternal disease and quality of infra-uterine growth. The sensitivity and specificity of arm/head ratio in the identification of infants based on maternal control were 82 and 93 per cent, respectively. The ratio is a simple method and is suggested for routine evaluation of infants of diabetic mothers especially in developing countries.


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