Maternal and neonatal outcomes in Korean women with type 2 diabetes.

Hye Jung JANG; Hee Sook KIM; Sung Hoon KIM

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Maternal and neonatal outcomes in Korean women with type 2 diabetes.

Author: Hye Jung JANG ¹ ; Hee Sook KIM ; Sung Hoon KIM
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1. Department of Clinical Trials for Medical Devices, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, type 2; Pregnancy outcome
MeSH: Birth Weight; Body Weight; Cesarean Section; Delivery of Health Care; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Female; Gestational Age; Hospitals, General; Humans; Infant; Korea; Parity; Pre-Eclampsia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome; Retrospective Studies
From:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine 2018;33(6):1143-1149
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: BACKGROUND/AIMS: The purpose of this study was to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes in Korean women with type 2 diabetes and nondiabetic controls. METHODS: We performed a retrospective survey of 200 pregnancies in women with type 2 diabetes (n = 100) and nondiabetic controls (n = 100) who delivered from 2003 to 2010 at Cheil General Hospital & Women’s Healthcare Center, Korea. We compared maternal characteristics as well as maternal and neonatal outcomes between groups matched by age, pre-pregnancy weight, body mass index, parity, and gestational age at delivery. RESULTS: The number of infants that were small for gestational age and the rate of major congenital malformations were not significantly different. However, women with type 2 diabetes showed a slightly higher risk for primary caesarean section (35.0% vs. 18.0%, p = 0.006) as well as pre-eclampsia (10.0% vs. 2.0%, p = 0.017), infections during pregnancy (26.0% vs. 2.0%, p < 0.001), neonatal weight (3,370 ± 552.0 vs. 3,196 ± 543.3, p = 0.025), large for gestational age (22.0% vs. 9.0%, p = 0.011), and macrosomia (15.0% vs. 5.0%, p = 0.018) compared to nondiabetic controls. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal and neonatal outcomes for women with type 2 diabetes were worse than those for nondiabetic controls. Diabetic women have a higher risk for primary caesarean section, pre-eclampsia, infections during pregnancy, large neonatal birth weight, large for gestational age, and macrosomia.