Effects of gestational diabetes mellitus on the growth rate of fetuses / 中华围产医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effects of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on the growth rate of fetuses.Methods This was a retrospective study.Women who had deliveries in Peking University First Hospital between January 2012 and June 2013 were enrolled.Matched by maternal age,they were divided into four groups with 100 cases in each groupmacrosomic fetuses of mothers with GDM (GDM-macrosomia group),normal birth weight infants of mothers with GDM (GDM-non-macrosomia group),macrosomic fetuses of mothers with normal pregnancy (normal-macrosomia group),and normal birth weight infants of mothers with normal pregnancy (normal-non-macrosomia group).The fetal abdominal circumference was measured at 20+1-24,28+1-32,32+1-37 weeks and 37+1 weeks to delivery under prenatal ultrasound.The growth rate of fetal abdominal circumference was calculated (abdominal circumference/gestational weeks).The analysis of variance,the least significant difference-t test and Student's t test were used for statistical analysis.Results At early pregnancy [(9.2±2.6) weeks of gestation] and 20+1-24,28+1-32,32+1-37 weeks and 37+1 weeks to delivery,the weight and body mass index (BMI) of the mothers in GDM-macrosomia group were higher than those in the other three groups (all P＜0.05).The body weight of the mothers increased by (15.5±5.4),(13.5±3.6),(16.4±4.1) and (16.2±4.3) kg,respectively,compared with early pregnancy.At 20+1-24,28+1-32,32+1-37 weeks and 37+1 weeks to delivery,the fetal abdominal circumference of GDM-macrosomia group was (182.0± 13.9),(270.7± 17.7),(335.2±21.3) and (362.3± 18.7) mm,respectively,being higher than that in GDM-non-macrosomia group [(176.8± 13.0),(256.6± 13.5),(313.2± 17.5) and (335.8± 15.5) mm] and normal-nonmacrosomia group [(176.9± 11.8),(260.0± 14.2),(310.6± 21.4) and (334.5 ± 16.1) mm] (all P＜0.05).The fetal abdominal circumference of GDM-macrosomia group was even higher than normal-macrosomia group at 32+1-37 weeks [(335.2±21.3) vs (326.1 ± 19.1) mm,t=4.01,P＜0.05].The changes of the growth rate of fetal abdominal circumference were consistent with the fetal abdominal circumference.Conclusions GDM accelerates fetal growth.