Achievement of Target Glycemic Goal with Simple Basal Insulin Regimen in Women with Gestational Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 1

A comparison of the baseline characteristics and OGTT results between the groups.

	Diet alone ()	SII group ()	MDI group ()	value (diet vs. SII)	value (diet vs. MDI)	value (SII vs. MDI)
Maternal age (years)				0.79	0.09	0.07
Nulliparous (%)	92 (43)	21 (33)	34 (40)	0.14	0.67	0.34
Family history of diabetes (%)	98 (46)	33 (52)	42 (50)	0.13	0.53	0.44
History of GDM (%) per parous women	39/121 (32)	13/43 (30)	19/50 (38)	0.80	0.47	0.43
Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m^2)				<0.0001	<0.0001	0.97
Prepregnancy obesity ( kg/m^2)	40 (19)	27(42)	n(40)	0.0001	<0.0001	0.83
Results of the diagnostic OGTT
Gestational age at OGTT (weeks)				1.00	0.68	0.82
Fasting PG (mg/dL)				<0.0001	<0.0001	0.21
1-h PG (mg/dL)				0.55	0.0033	0.23
2-h PG (mg/dL)				0.84	0.060	0.065
HbA1c (%)				0.39	<0.0001	0.0021

Data were shown as or number (%). SII: simple insulin injection; MDI: multiple daily insulin injection; GDM: gestational diabetes; OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test; PG: plasma glucose.