Analysis Glycemic Variability in Pregnant Women with Various Type of
Hyperglycemia
Abstract
Objective: The study aims to compare alterations of glucose
fluctuations across individuals with different kinds of diabetes in
pregnancy and investigate influencing factors that may react with
glucose variations (GV). Design:A retrospective cohort study
was conducted from May 2018 and May 2021. Setting:Shanghai
General Hospital. Population: A total of 776 pregnant women who
were diagnosed diabetes was obtained. We grouped participants who were
exposed to gestational hyperglycemia into 5 sub-groups [Type 1
diabetes (T1DM), Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), Overt diabetes, Gestational
diabetes (GDM) 1 and GDM2). Methods: Logistic regression
models, one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) method and the chi-squared
test were utilized. Main Outcome Measures: Demographic
variables and GV parameters were compared among 5 groups through
ANOVA-test and Chi-square test. We estimated odd ratios (ORs) for the
association between glucose coefficient of variation (CV) and possible
influencing variables. Results: T1DM group performed greatest
glucose fluctuations with a CV value 35.02% whereas the number in all
the other groups was no more than 22.82%. On multivariate logistic
regression analysis of possible factors influencing CV, only body mass
index (BMI) (OR: 0.754, P=0.029), HOMA- β (OR:0.969, P=0.037) and
fasting plasma glucose (FPG) (OR: 1.832, P=0.008) reached statistical
significance. Conclusions: A greater GV in pregnant women with
pre-pregnancy diabetes than that in GDM controls, and the former had a
worse glucose profile than the other two groups while ODM group coming
second. BMI, HOMA-β and FPG remain as an independent risk factors for
unstable GV.