Gestational Diabetes Risk and Low Birth Weight After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery: a Complex Interplay to be Balanced.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) is known to improve the obstetric outcomes of women with obesity and to prevent gestational diabetes (GD). To what extent does MBS decreases GD, without incurring at additional risks is a matter of concern.

Methods

A retrospective case-control study to compare the pregnancy outcomes of women previously submitted to MBS to those of age and preconception body mass index (PC BMI) matched non-operated controls.

Results

Pregnancies of women after MBS (n = 79) and matched controls (n = 79) were included. GD was significantly less frequent after MBS (7.6% vs. 19%; p = 0.03). Fasting blood glucose (76.90 ± 0.77 vs 80.37 ± 1.15 mg/dl, p < 0.05; 70.08 ± 1.34 vs. 76.35 ± 0.95 mg/dl; p < 0.05, first and second trimesters respectively

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues-Martins D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11217113 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature