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Gestational diabetes and pre-pregnancy overweight: possible factors involved in newborn macrosomia.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 2012 January
AIM: Good glycemic control in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) seems not to be enough to prevent macrosomia (large-for-gestational-age newborns). In GDM pregnancies we studied the effects of glycemic control (as glycosylated hemoglobin [HbA1c]), pre-pregnancy body mass index (PP-BMI) and gestational weight gain per week (GWG-W) on the frequency of macrosomia.
METHODS: We studied 251 GDM pregnancies, divided into two groups: PP-BMI<25.0kg/m(2) (the non-overweight group; n=125), and PP-BMI≥25.0kg/m(2) (the overweight group; n=126). A newborn weight Z-score>1.28 was considered large-for-gestational-age. Statistical analysis was carried out using the Student's t-test and χ(2) -test, receiver-operator characteristic curves and linear and binary logistic regressions.
RESULTS: Prevalence of macrosomia was 14.9% among GDM (n=202/251, 88.4%) with good glycemic control (mean HbA1c<6.0%), and 28.1% in those with mean HbA1c≥6.0% (n=49/251, P<0.025). Macrosomia rates were 10.4% in the non-overweight group and 24.6% in the overweight group (P=0.00308), notwithstanding both having similar mean HbA1c (5.48±0.065 and 5.65±0.079%, P=0.269), and similar GWG-W (0.292±0.017 and 0.240±0.021kg/week, P=0.077). Binary logistic regressions showed that PP-BMI (P=0.012) and mean HbA1c (P=0.048), but not GWG-W (P=0.477), explained macrosomia.
CONCLUSIONS: Good glycemic control in GDM patients was not enough to reduce macrosomia to acceptable limits (<10% of newborns). PP-BMI and mean HbA1c (but not GWG-W) were significant predictors of macrosomia. Thus, without ceasing in our efforts to improve glycemic control during GDM pregnancies, patients with overweight/obesity need to be treated prior to becoming pregnant.
METHODS: We studied 251 GDM pregnancies, divided into two groups: PP-BMI<25.0kg/m(2) (the non-overweight group; n=125), and PP-BMI≥25.0kg/m(2) (the overweight group; n=126). A newborn weight Z-score>1.28 was considered large-for-gestational-age. Statistical analysis was carried out using the Student's t-test and χ(2) -test, receiver-operator characteristic curves and linear and binary logistic regressions.
RESULTS: Prevalence of macrosomia was 14.9% among GDM (n=202/251, 88.4%) with good glycemic control (mean HbA1c<6.0%), and 28.1% in those with mean HbA1c≥6.0% (n=49/251, P<0.025). Macrosomia rates were 10.4% in the non-overweight group and 24.6% in the overweight group (P=0.00308), notwithstanding both having similar mean HbA1c (5.48±0.065 and 5.65±0.079%, P=0.269), and similar GWG-W (0.292±0.017 and 0.240±0.021kg/week, P=0.077). Binary logistic regressions showed that PP-BMI (P=0.012) and mean HbA1c (P=0.048), but not GWG-W (P=0.477), explained macrosomia.
CONCLUSIONS: Good glycemic control in GDM patients was not enough to reduce macrosomia to acceptable limits (<10% of newborns). PP-BMI and mean HbA1c (but not GWG-W) were significant predictors of macrosomia. Thus, without ceasing in our efforts to improve glycemic control during GDM pregnancies, patients with overweight/obesity need to be treated prior to becoming pregnant.
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