Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Pregnancy with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) carries risks for many adverse outcomes; the most common are large-for-gestational-age neonates (LGA). Proper glycemic control reduces the risk for LGA. However, it occurs in almost 40% of T1DM pregnancies despite of achieving almost normoglycemia. Some studies suggested the contributing role of maternal body mass index (BMI) and glucovariability, but the effect on development of LGA still remains unclear.<p class=...