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Table 1 Maternal characteristics of women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)

From: Maternal-foetal complications in pregnancy: a retrospective comparison between type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

T1DM

No. = 73

T2DM

No. = 62

p

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

 

Duration of diabetes (years)

14.1 ± 8.05

4.11 ± 3.1

< 0.001

Age at pregnancy (years)

29.5 ± 5.42

33.7 ± 6.1

< 0.001

Pregestational BMI (Kg/m2)

21.8 ± 2.9

31.4 ± 6.7

< 0.001

Pregestational weight (Kg)

59.1 ± 8.8

82.2 ± 19.2

< 0.001

Weight at delivery (Kg)

72.5 ± 10.7

90.8 ± 20.1

< 0.001

∆_weight

13.5 ± 4.4

8.61 ± 6.8

< 0.001

Pregestational short-acting insulin dose (U/day)

28.7 ± 10.1

19.3 ± 10.9

0.001

Pregestational long-acting insulin dose (U/day)

17.7 ± 6.59

12.5 ± 8.53

0.016

Short-acting insulin dose at delivery (U/day)

45.4 ± 13.5

37.1 ± 20.3

0.037

Long-acting insulin dose at delivery (U/day)

21.8 ± 8.18

24.1 ± 10.1

0.353

 

Subjects (%)

Subjects (%)

 

Recurrent ketonuria

3 (4.2%)

4 (6.5%)

0.552

Pregestational diabetic retinopathy

16 (22.2%)

2 (3.2%)

0.016

Diabetic retinopathy progression

6 (8.3%)

1 (1.6%)

0.082

Pregestational diabetic nephropathy

10 (13.7%)

1 (1.6%)

0.018

Nephropathy progression

6 (8.3%)

5 (8.1%)

0.966

Pregestational arterial hypertension

3 (4.2%)

9 (14.5%)

0.037

History of recurrent miscarriages

7 (9.6%)

3 (4.8%)

0.290