Why the study?
Does the need for insulin in gestational diabetes correlate with worse ambulatory arterial stiffness index and metabolic profile postpartum?
Population
84 pregnant women, including controls with uncomplicated pregnancies, women with gestational diabetes…
Comparison
Gestational diabetes mellitus requiring insulin… vs Uncomplicated pregnancies and GDM managed on diet
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 months postpartum
Authors
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May warrant closer postpartum vascular surveillance in insulin-treated GDM; leaves open whether insulin requirement marks or drives persistent arterial stiffness.
Does the need for insulin in gestational diabetes correlate with worse ambulatory arterial stiffness index and metabolic profile postpartum?
Women with gestational diabetes requiring insulin have worse metabolic profiles and increased arterial stiffness at three months postpartum compared to those managed with diet or healthy controls.
Kärkkäinen et al. (2013) studied this question.