Research Article

Diabetes Management Delivery and Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus during the First Wave of the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single-Reference Center Report

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study groups.

VariableCOVID-19 pandemic group , (%)Control group , (%)

Age at GDM diagnosis (year)]0.01
Pregnancy week at the first GDM visit (weeks)0.65
Body weight before pregnancy (kg)0.13
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)0.51
75 g OGTT results (mmol/l)
(i) 0 minute0.86
(ii) 60 minutes0.50
(iii) 120 minutes0.96
Mothers’ comorbidities ( (%))
(i) Arterial hypertension2 (2.7)4 (4.9)0.69
(ii) Thyroid disease16 (21.9)21 (25.6)0.51
(iii) PCOS1 (1.4)4 (4.9)0.37
(iv) Lipid disorders1 (1.4)2 (2.4)0.63