BMJ  2006;333 (22 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7560.0-b

Both diabetes type 1 and type 2 are risky in pregnancy

Perinatal mortality and prevalence of congenital anomalies in babies of women with pre-gestational type 2 diabetes are as high as in babies of women with type 1 diabetes, say Macintosh and colleagues on page 177. They followed more than 2300 pregnancies and their outcomes in women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Perinatal mortality was similar in both groups (around 32/1000 births), and was nearly four times higher than that in the general maternity population. Prevalence of congenital anomalies was about 46/1000 births in both groups, which is more than double the number expected.

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