Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Korea: A National Health Insurance Database Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and use of anti-diabetic medications for patients with GDM in Korea, using data of the period 2007-2011 from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) database, which includes the claims data of 97% of the Korean population.

Materials and methods

We used the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes provided by the HIRA to identify women with delivery in the HIRA database between 2009 and 2011. GDM was defined according to ICD-10 codes, and patients with pre-existing diabetes between January 1, 2007 and pregnancy were excluded. A Poisson regression was performed to evaluate the trends in annual prevalence rates.

Results

The annual numbers of deliveries in

SUBMITTER: Koo BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4821493 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature