Table 1.

Characteristics of pregnant diabetic women. Values are means (SD) unless stated otherwise

Characteristic	Gestational diabetes			Pregestational diabetes
	Insulin twice daily	Insulin four times daily		Insulin twice daily	Insulin four times daily
No of women	136	138		60	58
Age	33 (5)	33 (5)		31 (6)	32 (6)
Jewish/non-Jewish	75/61	78/60		33/27	33/25
Gravidity	3.4 (1.8)	3.5 (1.7)		3.5 (2.8)	3.6 (2.5)
Prepregnancy weight (kg)	72 (15)	73 (15)		70 (16)	71 (17)
Body mass index	27.8 (2.7)	27.9 (2.6)		27.0 (3.1)	27.1 (3.0)
Gestational week at diagnosis	26.3 (7.2)	25.9 (7.1)		—	—
Gestational week at start of treatment	28.0 (6.9)	27.4 (6.8)		12.9 (7.0)	12.4 (6.2)
No with type 1/type 2 diabetes	—	—		31/29	30/28
No (%) with vasculopathy*	—	—		12 (20)	13 (22)

^*Class D (benign retinopathy), R (proliferative retinopathy), and F (nephropathy) according to White's classification.¹⁵