Macrosomia Rates in Women with Diet-Controlled Gestational Diabetes: A Retrospective Study

Abstract

Background. Current data on the rates of macrosomia in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are heterogenous. No study has specifically examined macrosomia rates in women with diet-controlled gestational diabetes. Aims. To compare the rates of macrosomia between mothers with diet-controlled GDM to mothers without diabetes mellitus. Methods. A retrospective study in which all patients with diet-controlled GDM and singleton pregnancies in 2014 were considered for inclusion in the study. These cases were individually matched to mothers without GDM and without type 1 or 2 diabetes. Cases were matched to parity, age, and BMI. Controls were selected from the same year and as close as pos..