Offspring birthweight and placental weight-does the type of maternal diabetes matter? A population-based study of 319 076 pregnancies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Our aim was to estimate the difference in birthweight and in placental weight in pregnancies with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes compared with pregnancies without diabetes.

Material and methods

By using data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway during the years 2009-2017, we included 319 076 singleton pregnancies with delivery after the 21st week of pregnancy. We used linear regression analyses to estimate the difference in birthweight and in placental weight in grams (g) in pregnancies with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes, using pregnancies without diabetes as the reference. Adjustments were made for pregnancy duration and pre-pregnancy body mass index.

Results

In pregnancies without diabetes, m

SUBMITTER: Strom-Roum EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486683 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature