To the Editor:Gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM)is a pathologic condition in which glucose intolerance and insulin resistance develop to different degrees during pregnancy.Women with GDM have higher odds of adverse ma...To the Editor:Gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM)is a pathologic condition in which glucose intolerance and insulin resistance develop to different degrees during pregnancy.Women with GDM have higher odds of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.Patients with a history of GDM were at a significantly increased risk for recurrence of GDM in subsequent pregnancies.Our previous and some other studies found an increased incidence of adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnant with recurrent GDM.^([1])So far,women with a prior history of GDM are not recommended to refrain from subsequent pregnancy in light of the limited available data.What about those women with a history of recurrent GDM?Should women with recurrent GDM be recommended to avoid further pregnancy?Currently,studies on perinatal outcomes of women with re-recurrent GDM and their prognostic factors are very rare.Therefore,this retrospective cohort study was performed to explore perinatal outcomes of pregnant woman with re-recurrent GDM and their prognostic factors.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the Guide Fund for the Development of Local Science and Technology from the Central Government(No.2020L3019)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China(No.2020J01314)Joint Funds for the Innovation of Science and Technology,Fujian province(No.2020Y9161)
文摘To the Editor:Gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM)is a pathologic condition in which glucose intolerance and insulin resistance develop to different degrees during pregnancy.Women with GDM have higher odds of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.Patients with a history of GDM were at a significantly increased risk for recurrence of GDM in subsequent pregnancies.Our previous and some other studies found an increased incidence of adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnant with recurrent GDM.^([1])So far,women with a prior history of GDM are not recommended to refrain from subsequent pregnancy in light of the limited available data.What about those women with a history of recurrent GDM?Should women with recurrent GDM be recommended to avoid further pregnancy?Currently,studies on perinatal outcomes of women with re-recurrent GDM and their prognostic factors are very rare.Therefore,this retrospective cohort study was performed to explore perinatal outcomes of pregnant woman with re-recurrent GDM and their prognostic factors.
