Contraceptive use and reproductive intentions among women requesting contraceptive counseling.

Introduction: Limited attention has been paid to the use of contraception in relation to women's family planning intentions. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of contraception during the most recent intercourse as well as the reproductive intentions of Swedish-speaking women requesting contraceptive counseling.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional baseline survey in a randomized controlled trial regarding reproductive life planning (before randomization).

Trends in diabetes in pregnancy in Sweden 1998-2012.

Objective: Diabetes in pregnancy has been shown to increase in parallel with the increasing prevalence of obesity. In this national population-based study, we analyzed the trends for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), type 1 diabetes in pregnancy, and type 2 diabetes in pregnancy in Sweden between 1998 and 2012.

Research Design And Methods: A population-based cohort study using the Swedish national medical birth registry data.

Randomized controlled study in pregnancy on treatment of marked hyperglycemia that is short of overt diabetes.

Introduction: A randomized multicenter study was conducted in the Stockholm-Örebro areas in Sweden to evaluate how treatment aiming at normoglycemia affects fetal growth, pregnancy and neonatal outcome in pregnant women with severe hyperglycemia.

Material And Methods: Pregnant women with hyperglycemia defined as fasting capillary plasma glucose <7.0 mmol/L and a two-hour plasma glucose value ≥10.

Outcomes of gestational diabetes in Sweden depending on country of birth.

Objective: To analyze maternal and neonatal outcomes for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Sweden, depending on country of birth (Nordic vs. non-Nordic women).

Design: Population-based cohort study using the Swedish Medical Birth register.