Dysglycemia in the last trimester of pregnancy despite prior negative testing for gestational diabetes may predispose the offspring of obese mothers to increased weight gain during early childhood, German research shows.
Findings from a randomized controlled trial indicate that very tight glycemic control does not improve pregnancy outcomes for women with gestational diabetes.
Both excessive and inadequate weight gain during pregnancy are associated with significantly increased cardiometabolic risk factors among the children at age 7 years, researchers from Hong Kong report.
Should gestational diabetes mellitus be viewed as an opportunity, or an inequality, and should it be a cause for dynamism or despair? Sanjay Kalra and Ankia Coetzee present their perspective on gestational diabetes mellitus.
This study assesses the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus in a large national cohort. gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with a moderately increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes, which is higher in insulin-treated gestational diabetes mellitus than in non-insulin-treated gestational diabetes mellitus for most outcomes.
Billionnet C et al. Diabetologia 2017;60:636–644. doi:10.1007/s00125-017-4206-6