Background: Although clubfoot accounts for majority of common birth defects among the Congenital Musculoskeletal Anomalies with prevalence of approximately 1 per 1000 live births, the aetiology of clubfoot remains largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to analyse and establish relationship between clubfoot with respective Maternal Blood Sugar. Methods: Mothers of the 222 clubfoot children visiting the outdoor Department were subjected to Random blood sugar analysis and interpreted. Prevalence was calculated by pooling the specific data. Conditional logistic regression was used to investigate the association between diabetes and club foot. Results: The overall prevalence of club foot was found higher than compared to other musculoskeletal anomalies. There was only prevalence of 3.2% of Diabetes contrary to popular belief of a strong association between Diabetes and club foot in our Indian scenario. Conclusion: We estimated the prevalence of clubfoot was more significant anomalies constituting majority of the cases prevailing among the congenital malformations in the child. Our findings underline the importance of establishing early surveillance and investigating risk factors among child born to suspected Diabetic mother.
