Does gestational diabetes affect fetal growth and pregnancy outcome in twin pregnancies? 2016

Carly Tward, and Jon Barrett, and Howard Berger, and Mia Kibel, and Alex Pittini, and Ilana Halperin, and Howard Cohen, and Nir Melamed
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Women with twin pregnancies are at increased risk for fetal growth restriction, which might be attributed to the limited maternal resources that are being shared by >1 fetus. Based on that, it may be hypothesized that the fetal effects of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with respect to accelerated fetal growth may be less pronounced in twin gestations or alternatively may even have a beneficial role in decreasing the risk of fetal growth restriction in these pregnancies. However, available data are conflicting and are limited by the fact that many of the complications associated with GDM are less relevant for twin gestations, and that all women with GDM included in previous studies were monitored and treated to control maternal blood glucose levels. We sought to assess the impact of GDM and milder degrees of glucose intolerance on fetal growth and pregnancy outcome in twin pregnancies. This was a retrospective cohort study of all women with twin pregnancies who underwent screening for GDM in a single tertiary referral center from October 2003 through December 2014. The diagnosis of GDM during the study period was based on the 2008 Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) guidelines, which involve universal screening with a 50-g glucose challenge test (GCT) followed by a diagnostic 2-hour 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Fetal growth and pregnancy outcome were compared among 4 groups of women with increasing degree of glucose intolerance: (1) GCT-NEGATIVE, negative 50-g GCT; (2) OGTT-NEGATIVE, positive 50-g GCT followed by a negative 75-g OGTT; (3) GDM-IADPSG, positive 50-g GCT followed by a positive 75-g OGTT according to the International Association of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) criteria but not the 2008 CDA criteria-because these women were not considered to have GDM during the study period they were not subjected to any form of treatment; and (4) GDM-CDA, positive 50-g GCT followed by a positive 75-g OGTT according to the 2008 CDA criteria. Overall 1393 women were eligible for the study: 1021 (73.3%) in the GCT-NEGATIVE group, 184 (13.2%) in the OGTT-NEGATIVE group, 99 (7.1%) in the GDM-IADPSG group, and 89 (6.4%) in the GDM-CDA group. There was a continuous relationship between the degree of glucose intolerance and fetal growth as reflected by a right shift of the distribution curve of birthweight percentiles and a greater likelihood of high birthweight percentile: OGTT-NEGATIVE = odds ratio (OR), 1.5; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.07-2.2; GDM-IADPSG = OR, 1.7; 95% CI, 1.1-2.6; and GDM-CDA = OR, 1.9, 95% CI, 1.3-3.1 (using the GCT-NEGATIVE group as reference). Fetuses of women with glucose intolerance were more likely to experience asymmetric growth as reflected by an elevated abdominal circumference to head circumference ratio. GDM and milder degrees of glucose intolerance in twin pregnancies are associated with an increased risk of asymmetric overgrowth in a manner that is related to the degree of glucose intolerance.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007363 Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Hospital units providing continuing surveillance and care to acutely ill newborn infants. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,Neonatal Intensive Care Units,Newborn Intensive Care Unit,Newborn Intensive Care Units,ICU, Neonatal,Neonatal ICU,Newborn ICU,Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICU),ICU, Newborn,ICUs, Neonatal,ICUs, Newborn,Neonatal ICUs,Newborn ICUs
D009864 Ontario A province of Canada lying between the provinces of Manitoba and Quebec. Its capital is Toronto. It takes its name from Lake Ontario which is said to represent the Iroquois oniatariio, beautiful lake. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p892 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p391)
D010343 Patient Admission The process of accepting patients. The concept includes patients accepted for medical and nursing care in a hospital or other health care institution. Voluntary Admission,Admission, Patient,Admission, Voluntary,Admissions, Patient,Admissions, Voluntary,Patient Admissions,Voluntary Admissions
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D002585 Cesarean Section Extraction of the FETUS by means of abdominal HYSTEROTOMY. Abdominal Delivery,Delivery, Abdominal,C-Section (OB),Caesarean Section,Postcesarean Section,Abdominal Deliveries,C Section (OB),C-Sections (OB),Caesarean Sections,Cesarean Sections,Deliveries, Abdominal
D005260 Female Females
D005320 Fetal Macrosomia A condition of fetal overgrowth defined as BIRTH WEIGHT greater than 4,000 grams, regardless of gestational age. It is commonly seen in GESTATIONAL DIABETES; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; and pregnancies complicated by pre-existing diabetes mellitus. Macrosomia, Fetal,Fetal Macrosomias,Macrosomias, Fetal
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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