Key result
Maternal diabetes links to a 24% overall incidence of congenital heart disease in infants.
Why the study?
The risk factors and clinical characteristics of postnatal complications and congenital cardiac diseases in infants of mothers with pregestational and gestational diabetes were not fully characterized.
Population
337 newborns of diabetic mothers followed in a Neonatology Unit
Comparison
Infants of mothers with pregestational diabetes vs gestational diabetes vs other diabetes types
Design
Retrospective cohort study
Authors
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Supports echocardiographic screening consideration in infants of diabetic mothers; extends observational risk data but leaves practice change open.
Cohort (n=337)
No
Infants of mothers with pregestational and gestational diabetes have a high incidence (24%) of congenital heart disease, highlighting the need for echocardiographic screening.
Demirpençe et al. (2015) conducted a cohort in Infants of diabetic mothers (n=337). Maternal pregestational and gestational diabetes was evaluated on Congenital heart disease. In infants of mothers with pregestational and gestational diabetes, the overall incidence of congenital heart disease was 24%, with rates varying by ACOG diabetes type (17.3% in group A, 50% in group B, and 9% in group C).
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