Bart Groen, Thera P Links, Paul P van den Berg, Marieke Hellinga, Sharon Moerman, Gerard H A Visser, Wim J Sluiter, Marijke M Faas, Manon C J Schreuder, Willy Visser, Petronella H L M Geelhoed-Duijvestijn, Rutgert Bianchi, Anton K M Bartelink, Harold W de Valk
Objective. To assess the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcome in native and nonnative Dutch women with pregestational type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a multicenter study in The Netherlands. Methods. Maternal characteristics and pregnancy outcome were retrospectively reviewed and the influence of ethnicity on outcome was evaluated using independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U-test, and chi-square test. Results. 272 pregnant women (80 native and 192 non-native Dutch) with pregestational T2D were included. Overall outcome was unfavourable, with a perinatal mortality of 4...
2013: ISRN Obstetrics and Gynecology