Independent and concomitant associations of gestational diabetes and maternal obesity to perinatal outcome: A register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Gestational diabetes (GDM) is often accompanied by maternal overweight. Our aim was to evaluate the separate and concomitant effects of GDM and maternal overweight/obesity on perinatal outcomes.

Methods

We used the Finnish Medical Birth Register to identify all 24,577 women with a singleton pregnancy who delivered in 2009 in Finland and underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Women were divided into groups according to the result of OGTT (GDM/no GDM) and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI): normal weight (≤24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25.0-29.9 kg/m2), and obese (≥30.0 kg/m2). Primary outcomes included macrosomia, caesarean delivery, and treatment at neonatal ward. Normal weight women without GDM constituted the reference group.

Results

Compared to reference

SUBMITTER: Ijas H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715199 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature