Key result
Preconception impaired fasting glucose and diabetes were present in 13.15% and 1.18% of over 6.4 million Chinese women, respectively, with only 1.2% of diabetic women aware of their diagnosis.
Why the study?
Does preconception diabetes mellitus affect the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women?
Does preconception diabetes mellitus affect the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women?
A significant proportion of women of childbearing age in China have undiagnosed impaired fasting glucose or diabetes prior to conception.
Low awareness of preconception diabetes supports screening programs; leaves open effects on pregnancy outcomes.
The authors analysed a huge dataset from the Chinese national programme of preconception health checks, which include measurements of fasting plasma glucose. Overall, 13.15% (n =847,737) had impaired fasting glucose and 1.18% (n =76,297 women) had diabetes, of whom only 1.2% (917 women) were previously aware of having diabetes.
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Wei et al. (2020) studied this question. Preconception impaired fasting glucose and diabetes were present in 13.15% and 1.18% of over 6.4 million Chinese women, respectively, with only 1.2% of diabetic women aware of their diagnosis.
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