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What degree of maternal metabolic control in women with type 1 diabetes is associated with normal body size and proportions in full-term infants?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11023142     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To assess what degree of maternal metabolic control in women with type 1 diabetes is associated with normal fetal growth and results in normal neonatal body proportions in a group of full-term infants. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We investigated the anthropometric characteristics of 98 full-term singleton infants born to 98 Caucasian women with type 1 diabetes enrolled within 12 weeks of gestation. The type 1 diabetic mother-infant pairs were divided into three groups on the basis of the daily glucose levels reached during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy (group 1: 37 mother-infant pairs with an average daily glucose level during the second and third trimesters of < or =95 mg/dl; group 2: 37 mother-infant pairs with an average daily glucose level during the second trimester of >95 mg/dl and during the third trimester of < or =95 mg/dl; group 3: 24 mother-infant pairs with an average daily glucose level during the second and third trimesters of >95 mg/dl; control group: 1,415 Caucasian mother-infant pairs with full-term singleton pregnancies and normal glucose challenge test screened for gestational diabetes. RESULTS: Infants of diabetic mothers in group 1 were similar to those of the control group in birth weight and in other anthropometric parameters. In contrast, offspring of diabetic mothers of groups 2 and 3 showed an increased incidence of large-for-gestational-age infants, significantly greater means of ponderal index and thoracic circumferences, and significantly smaller cranial/thoracic circumference ratios with respect to the control group. CONCLUSIONS: The results of our study suggest that, in diabetic pregnancies, only overall daily glucose values < or =95 mg/dl throughout the second and third trimesters can avoid alterations in fetal growth.
Authors:
G Mello; E Parretti; F Mecacci; P La Torre; R Cioni; D Cianciulli; G Scarselli
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Diabetes care     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0149-5992     ISO Abbreviation:  Diabetes Care     Publication Date:  2000 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-02-02     Completed Date:  2001-02-02     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7805975     Medline TA:  Diabetes Care     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1494-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Second Obstetric and Gynecologic Clinic, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florence, Italy. mellog@unifi.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Birth Weight
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Body Constitution*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / blood*,  physiopathology
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Fetal Macrosomia
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn*
Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Italy
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Pregnancy Trimester, Third
Pregnancy in Diabetics / blood*,  physiopathology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Blood Glucose

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