Gestational diabetes and adverse perinatal outcomes from 716,152 births in France in 2012.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

The aim of this study was to assess the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a large national cohort.

Methods

All deliveries taking place after 22 weeks in France in 2012 were included by extracting data from the hospital discharge database and the national health insurance system. The diabetic status of mothers was determined by the use of glucose-lowering agents and by hospital diagnosis. Outcomes were analysed according to the type of diabetes and, in the GDM group, whether or not diabetes was insulin-treated.

Results

The cohort of 796,346 deliveries involved 57,629 (7.24%) mothers with GDM. Mother-infant linkage was obtained for 705,198 deliveries. The risks of adverse outcomes were much lower with GDM than w

SUBMITTER: Billionnet C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518373 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature