The Clinical Characteristics of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Korea: A National Health Information Database Study

To investigate the clinical characteristics of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Korea, using a nationwide database. We analyzed 417,139 women who gave birth between 2011 and 2015 using the Korean National Health Information Database. They underwent the Korean National Health Screening Program...

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Published in:Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul) 2021, 36(3), , pp.628-636
Main Authors: Kim, Kyung-Soo, Hong, Sangmo, Han, Kyungdo, Park, Cheol-Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Body Mass Index
diabetes
Diabetes, Gestational - epidemiology
Fasting
Female
gestational
Humans
Original
Pregnancy
pregnancy in diabetics
prevalence
republic of korea
Republic of Korea - epidemiology
Waist Circumference
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Summary:To investigate the clinical characteristics of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Korea, using a nationwide database. We analyzed 417,139 women who gave birth between 2011 and 2015 using the Korean National Health Information Database. They underwent the Korean National Health Screening Program within one year before pregnancy and were not prescribed drugs for diabetes nor diagnosed with diabetes mellitus before 280 days antepartum. Patients with GDM were defined as those who visited the outpatient clinic more than twice with GDM codes. The prevalence of GDM was 12.70% and increased with increasing maternal age, prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) (P for trend
ISSN:2093-596X
2093-5978
DOI:10.3803/EnM.2020.948