Diabetes link to risk of birth defects

Published on Monday 6 February 2012 00:00

Pregnant women with diabetes are almost four times more likely to have a baby with a birth defect, according to new research.

Experts found a higher risk of infants suffering serious problems if women had Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, compared to women without the condition.

Women with diabetes had a 7 per cent risk of a having a baby with a birth defect, compared to an average of around 2 per cent in women without diabetes.

The chance of a birth defect was lowest in women who had blood glucose levels within the normal range at the start of pregnancy.

Experts analysed data from more than 401,000 pregnancies of single babies, including 1,677 in women with diabetes, between 1996 and 2008.

For women with Type 1 diabetes, the chance of a birth defect was 82.2 per 1,000 pregnancies and 57.9 per 1,000 in women with Type 2, which is linked to unhealthy lifestyles and obesity.

Overall, women with diabetes had a 3.8 times higher risk of having a baby with a defect.

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AndrewJohnYounger

Monday, February 6, 2012 at 09:13 AM

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