Maternal Diabetes, Fetal Growth, and Stillbirth Risk: A Population-Wide Retrospective Cohort Study From Victoria, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the relationships between diabetes in pregnancy, birth weight, and stillbirth risk, using population-based data.

Research design and methods

All singleton births in Victoria, Australia, between 2009 and 2020 were linked with perinatal and diabetes data. For each diabetes subgroup (type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes [diet-controlled, insulin-controlled]), we assessed the proportion of infants with a birth weight in <10th or >97th centile, the probability of stillbirth by birth weight centile, and stillbirth rate per 1,000 pregnancies across gestational age.

Results

Our study cohort of 860,042 included 100,856 pregnancies (11.7%) complicated by diabetes in pregnancy. Compared with no diabetes, women with diabetes in pregnancy gave birth earl

SUBMITTER: Gordon HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12583400 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature