Frontiers in Public Health (Jul 2022)

Perinatal outcomes among twin pregnancies with gestational diabetes mellitus: A nine-year retrospective cohort study

  • Dongxin Lin,
  • Dongxin Lin,
  • Dazhi Fan,
  • Dazhi Fan,
  • Pengsheng Li,
  • Pengsheng Li,
  • Gengdong Chen,
  • Gengdong Chen,
  • Jiaming Rao,
  • Jiaming Rao,
  • Zixing Zhou,
  • Zixing Zhou,
  • Huishan Zhang,
  • Huishan Zhang,
  • Xin Luo,
  • Xin Luo,
  • Huiting Ma,
  • Huiting Ma,
  • Jingping Feng,
  • Demei Lu,
  • Lijuan Wang,
  • Shiyan Lan,
  • Caihong Luo,
  • Xiaoling Guo,
  • Xiaoling Guo,
  • Zhengping Liu,
  • Zhengping Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.946186
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

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ObjectiveTo compare the outcomes between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) vs. non-GDM twin gestations.MethodsA retrospective cohort study of 2,151 twin pregnancies was performed in a tertiary hospital in Foshan, China, 2012–2020. Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes were compared between women with vs. without GDM using 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM) and multivariable logistic models. For neonatal outcomes, generalized estimating equation (GEE) approach was used to address the intertwin correlation.ResultsOf the 2,151 participants, 472 women (21.9%) were diagnosed with GDM. Women with GDM were older and more likely to be overweight or obese, and more likely have chronic hypertension, assisted pregnancies and dichorionic twins. In the PSM cohort of 942 pregnancies, there was no statistical difference when comparing GDM twin pregnancies and non-GDM in any of the perinatal outcomes, especially in terms of preterm birth (PTB) <37 weeks (P = 0.715), large for gestational age (LGA) (P = 0.521) and neonatal respiratory distress (NRDS) (P = 0.206). In the entire cohort, no significant adjusted ORs for these outcomes were obtained from logistic regression models adjusted for confounders (aOR for PTB < 37 weeks: 1.25, 95% CI: 0.98–1.58; aOR for LGA: 1.26, 95% CI: 0.88–1.82; and aOR for NRDS, 1.05, 95% CI: 0.68–1.64).ConclusionTwin pregnancies with GDM and adequate prenatal care have comparable perinatal outcomes to those without.

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