Higher gestational weight gain is associated with increasing offspring birth weight independent of maternal glycemic control in women with type 1 diabetes

Anna L Secher, Clara B Parellada, Lene Ringholm, Björg Asbjörnsdóttir, Peter Damm, Elisabeth R Mathiesen

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Abstract

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS One hundred fifteen consecutive women referred at <14 weeks were retrospectively classified as underweight (prepregnancy BMI <18.5 kg/m2; n = 1), normal weight (18.5.24.9; n = 65), overweight (25.0.29.9; n = 39), or obese (≥30.0; n = 10). Gestational weight gain was categorized as excessive, appropriate, or insufficient according to the Institute of Medicine recommendations for each BMI class. Women with nephropathy, preeclampsia, and/or preterm delivery were excluded because of restrictive impact on fetal growth and limited time for total weight gain.

RESULTS HbA1c was comparable at ∼6.6% (49 mmol/mol) at 8 weeks and ∼6.0% (42 mmol/mol) at 36 weeks between women with excessive (n = 62), appropriate (n = 37), and insufficient (n = 16) gestational weight gain. Diabetes duration was comparable, and median prepregnancy BMI was 25.3 (range 18.41) vs. 23.5 (18-31) vs. 22.7 (20.30) kg/m2 (P = 0.05) in the three weight gain groups. Offspring birth weight and birth weight SD score decreased across the groups (3,681 [2,374-4,500] vs. 3,395 [2,910-4,322] vs. 3,295 [2,766-4,340] g [P = 0.02] and 1.08 [21.90 to 3.25] vs. 0.45 [20.83 to 3.18] vs. 20.02 [21.51 to 2.96] [P = 0.009], respectively). In a multiple linear regression analysis, gestational weight gain (kg) was positively associated with offspring birth weight (g) (β = 19; P = 0.02) and birth weight SD score (β = 0.06; P = 0.008) when adjusted for prepregnancy BMI, HbA1c at 36 weeks, smoking, parity, and ethnicity.

CONCLUSIONS Higher gestational weight gain inwomenwith type 1 diabetes was associated with increasing offspring birth weight independent of glycemic control and prepregnancy BMI.

OBJECTIVE We evaluate the association between gestational weight gain and offspring birth weight in singleton term pregnancies of women with type 1 diabetes.

Original languageEnglish
JournalDiabetes Care
Volume37
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)2677-2684
Number of pages8
ISSN0149-5992
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2014

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