[Treating women with gestational impaired glucose tolerance reduces adverse outcome of pregnancy].
OBJECTIVE
To study the treatment of women with gestational impared glucose tolerance (GIGT) in relation to outcome of fetus and newborns.


METHODS
98 women with GIGT were randomized into untreated (37 mothers) and treated groups (61 mothers) that included diet control and insulin therapy. The perinatal outcomes were compared in the two groups.


RESULTS
The incidence of macrosomia (P < 0.01) and fetal distress (P < 0.05) was found to be significantly higher in the untreated group when compared with the treated group. The prevalence of neonatal metabolic complications in the untreated group was higher than that of the treated group as well.


CONCLUSIONS
Treatment of women with GIGT will reduce adverse outcome in pregnancy.
Li
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P
Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing 210006.
Yang
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Dong
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Y
D000328:Adult; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000209:etiology*; D005320:Fetal Macrosomia / Q000209:etiology*; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy