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Hyperemesis gravidarum and fetal gender: a retrospective study
(Informa Healthcare, 2012) Rashid, M.; Rashid, M.H.; Malik, F.; Herath, R.P.
This retrospective study of 9,980 women who delivered at the James Paget Hospital, Norfolk, UK, over 5 years, aimed to primarily determine whether the incidence of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is higher in the presence of a female fetus. The results showed that more women with HG had a femalefetus compared with women without HG. Also found was that heavy ketonuria was more prevalent in women with a female fetus compared with women with a male fetus, and the mean number of admissions per woman was also higher in women with a female fetus compared with women with a male fetus. It can be concluded that women presenting with HG are more likely to have a female fetus and that women with HG and a female fetustend to a higher level of ketonuria and an increased number of hospital admissions.