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. 2015 Oct 26;32(10):888–905. doi: 10.1007/s12325-015-0244-y

Table 4.

Pregnancy outcome and fetal parameters relating to women with T1D and GDM treated with ILPS or NPH insulin in a multicenter observational retrospective study (reproduced with permission from [82])

Outcome T1D GDM
ILPS (N = 58) NPH (N = 61) P value ILPS (N = 572) NPH (N = 242) P value
Weight gain during pregnancy, kg 11.9 (4.6) 13.2 (9.4) ns 10.2 (6.1) 9.7 (4.6) ns
HbA1c preconceptiona/at diagnosis,b mmol/mol 61.7 (11.9) 57.4 (13) ns 36.6 (4.2) 35.5 (3.1) 0.04
HbA1c first trimester, mmol/mol 56.3 (11.9) 56.3 (11.9) ns
HbA1c second trimester, mmol/mol 48.6 (7.5) 47.5 (7.5) ns
HbA1c third trimester, mmol/mol 49.7 (6.4) 47.5 (8.6) ns 36.3 (6.4) 35.6 (4.2) ns
Fasting glucose third trimester, mmol/l 6.0 (1.4) 7.7 (2.2) 0.001 4.9 (0.7) 6.3 (1.5) <0.001
Severe hypoglycemic episodes, % 5.2 13.1 ns 0.3 2.1 ns
Ketoacidosis episodes, % 0 0 0 0.4 ns
Basal insulin need at term of pregnancy, U/kg 0.40 (0.20) 0.33 (0.14) ns 0.12 (0.09) 0.11 (0.07) ns
Delivery, gestational week 37.4 (2.4) 36.9 (2.2) ns 38.4 (1.9) 37.8 (1.7) 0.001
Cesarean section, % 48.2 63.9 0.001 31.2 46.2 0.01
Preterm delivery (<37 gestational weeks), % 15.5 32.8 0.05 8.6 14.9 0.01
Stillbirths, % 3.4 1.6 ns 0.5 0.4 ns
Birth weight, g 3372 (788) 3304 (745) ns 3304 (505) 3286 (567) ns
Ponderal index, g/cm3 2.75 (0.4) 2.87 (0.5) ns 2.72 (0.3) 2.78 (0.6) ns
Ponderal index ≥2.85 g/cm3, % 29.3 42.6 ns 18.2 26.4 0.01
Macrosomia (>4000 g), % 18.9 16.3 ns 6.1 5.3 0.01
Small for gestational age, % 5.2 0 ns 3.1 5.4 ns
Large for gestational age, % 43.1 37.7 ns 16.6 19.4 ns
Congenital malformations, % 6.9 6.5 ns 0.5 1.6 ns
Neonatal hypoglycemia, % 8.6 4.9 ns 2.3 4.1 0.01

Data are presented as mean (standard deviation), unless stated otherwise

GDM gestational diabetes, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, ILPS insulin lispro protamine suspension, NPH neutral protamine Hagedorn, ns not significant, T1D type 1 diabetes

aIn patients with T1D

bIn patients with GDM