Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Gestational diabetes (GD) is a known risk factor for delivery, fetal and perinatal complications. Fetal male sex is known to be associated with worse perinatal outcomes, such as macrosomia, neonatal hypoglycemia, low Apgar scores, birth defects and mortality. However, studies evaluating the impact of fetal sex on perinatal outcomes in women with GD are scarce. Objectives: We aimed to study whether male newborn sex is associated with neonata...

Introduction: There are several known risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), a condition associated with worse pregnancy outcomes. Once GDM is established, the association between the presence of GDM risk factors and pregnancy outcomes is less well-known. We studied the association between the number of GDM risk factors and pregnancy outcomes in a population of women with GDM.Methods: Retrospective study of the Portuguese multicentre GDM r...