Diabetes in pregnancy: are we providing the best care ... - HQIP
Diabetes in pregnancy: are we providing the best care ... - HQIP
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Factors associated with poor <strong>pregnancy</strong> outcome<br />
<strong>in</strong> women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes<br />
6.3.1 Socio-demographic characteristics<br />
Associations with poor <strong>pregnancy</strong> outcome <strong>we</strong>re <strong>in</strong>vestigated for specifi c social and demographic<br />
characteristics, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g age, ethnicity, social deprivation, and gravidity (table 6.1).<br />
Table 6.1<br />
Association of demographic characteristics <strong>in</strong> women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with poor <strong>pregnancy</strong> outcome<br />
Demographic characteristic<br />
Cases<br />
n/N (%)<br />
Controls<br />
n/N (%)<br />
Crude OR<br />
[95% CI]<br />
Adjusted OR<br />
[95% CI]<br />
Age - - 1.0 [1.0, 1.0] 1.0 [1.0, 1.0] b<br />
Black, Asian or O<strong>the</strong>r Ethnic<br />
M<strong>in</strong>ority group 47/222 (21) 41/220 (19) 1.2 [0.7, 1.9] 0.9 [0.5, 1.5] a<br />
Primigravidity 100/222 (45) 92/220 (42) 1.1 [0.8, 1.7] 1.3 [0.9, 2.0] a<br />
Maternal social deprivation d - - 1.2 [1.1, 1.4] 1.2 [1.1, 1.4] c<br />
a<br />
adjusted for maternal age and deprivation.<br />
b<br />
adjusted for maternal deprivation.<br />
c<br />
adjusted for maternal age. Odds ratio is for one year <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> maternal age.<br />
d<br />
Qu<strong>in</strong>tile of social deprivation derived from postcode of residence. Odds ratio is for unit <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> deprivation qu<strong>in</strong>tile.<br />
Maternal deprivation was associated with poor <strong>pregnancy</strong> outcome for women with type 1 and type 2<br />
diabetes. This was similar to <strong>the</strong> general maternity population nationally, with over one third of all stillbirths<br />
and neonatal deaths <strong>in</strong> 2004 be<strong>in</strong>g born to mo<strong>the</strong>rs resident <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> most deprived qu<strong>in</strong>tile. 5<br />
Ho<strong>we</strong>ver, ethnicity was not associated with poor <strong>pregnancy</strong> outcome for women <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> enquiry sample,<br />
which is different to previous fi nd<strong>in</strong>gs for <strong>the</strong> general maternity population. 5,6 CEMACH is committed to<br />
fur<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>vestigat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> contribution of ethnicity and deprivation to specifi c <strong>pregnancy</strong> outcomes for women<br />
with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.<br />
6.3.2 Cl<strong>in</strong>ical characteristics<br />
The cl<strong>in</strong>ical characteristics exam<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>cluded characteristics of <strong>the</strong> women such as Body Mass Index<br />
(BMI); known complications of diabetes before <strong>pregnancy</strong>; ret<strong>in</strong>opathy, nephropathy and hypoglycaemia<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>pregnancy</strong>; and evidence of fetal growth restriction or macrosomia dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>pregnancy</strong>. The results<br />
<strong>are</strong> shown <strong>in</strong> table 6.2. Women with pre-exist<strong>in</strong>g diabetes complications <strong>we</strong>re more likely to have a poor<br />
<strong>pregnancy</strong> outcome. Ho<strong>we</strong>ver, nephropathy and recurrent or severe hypoglycaemia <strong>in</strong> <strong>pregnancy</strong> <strong>we</strong>re not<br />
shown to be associated with poor <strong>pregnancy</strong> outcome. Antenatal evidence of fetal growth restriction was<br />
associated with poor <strong>pregnancy</strong> outcome but antenatal evidence of fetal macrosomia was not.<br />
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