Associations between maternal characteristics and pharmaceutical treatment of gestational diabetes: an analysis of the UK Born in Bradford (BiB) cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify the maternal characteristics associated with pharmaceutical treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Design

Prospective birth cohort study.

Setting

Bradford, UK.

Participants

762 women from the Born in Bradford (BiB) cohort who were treated for GDM in a singleton pregnancy. BiB cohort participants were recruited from 2007 to 2010. All women booked for delivery were screened for GDM between 26 and 28 weeks of gestation using a 75 g 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).

Outcome measure

GDM treatment type: lifestyle changes advice (lifestyle changes), lifestyle changes advice with supplementary insulin (insulin) and lifestyle changes advice with supplementary metformin (metformin).

Results

244 (32%) women were pre

SUBMITTER: Martine-Edith G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8572403 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature