Obstetrical outcomes in patients with early onset gestational diabetes.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this study was to characterize patients with early onset gestational diabetes and compare outcomes to patients diagnosed with standard gestational diabetes and pregestational diabetes.

METHODS:

This is a retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with gestational or pregestational diabetes. All patients received a glucose challenge test at their first prenatal visit to diagnose early onset gestational diabetes and were recommended to have postpartum glucose tolerance tests to detect undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. Outcomes were compared between patients with early onset gestational diabetes and both standard gestational diabetes and pregestational diabetes with p < 0.05 was used for significance.

RESULTS:

Four hundred and twenty-four patients met the inclusion criteria. Nine percent of the patients with early onset gestational diabetes were found to have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes based on postpartum testing and 91% to have resolution in the postpartum period. No patient with early onset gestational diabetes and resolution in the postpartum period had abnormal screening for renal or ophthalmologic disease, but 5% had abnormal fetal echocardiograms. These patients were more likely to require pharmacotherapy for glycemic control than patients with standard gestational diabetes and less likely than patients with pregestational diabetes (55% versus 39% versus 81%).

CONCLUSION:

Most patients diagnosed with early onset gestational diabetes do not have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes but do have unique characteristics and obstetrical outcomes.

• Authors: Simi Gupta, Cara Dolin, Ashwin Jadhav, Judith Chervenak, Ilan Timor-Tritsch, Ana Monteagudo
• Journal: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med) Vol. 29 Issue 1 Pg. 27-31 ( 2016) ISSN: 1476-4954 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 25424373 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Age of Onset
• Diabetes, Gestational (epidemiology)
• Female
• Humans
• New York City (epidemiology)
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Outcome (epidemiology)
• Retrospective Studies
• Young Adult