Adolescent and young adult women who had prediabetes before becoming pregnant had a higher risk for gestational diabetes and adverse maternal outcomes than those with normal glycemic levels, researchers reported.
Few studies have previously explored associations between subclinical diabetes and pregnancy outcomes among younger pregnant women, according to Katharine J. McCarthy, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the department of population health science and policy and the department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In findings