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Clinical Variables
Clinical Variables (BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care is an open access · Cohort definition and data collection) — "Clinical variables collected comprised demo…
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- Clinical variables collected and predictors used in pregnancy models
- Demographic characteristics
- Maternal age at conception, ethnicity, parity, and gravidity
- Clinical measurements
- Height, pre-pregnancy weight, and pre-pregnancy BMI
- Lifestyle factors
- Smoking and e-cigarette use
- OGTT values
- Fasting and 120-minute glucose values
- Capillary glucose monitoring data captured electronically from the patient’s glucometer
- Glucose treatment
- Metformin use and the type and dose of basal insulin
- Pregnancy outcomes
- Mode of delivery: vaginal, instrument, elective cesarean, or emergency cesarean
- Neonatal outcomes
- Birth weight, neonatal intensive care or special care admission, live birth, and Apgar scores at 5 and 10 minutes
- Pre-pregnancy weight and BMI were selected as model predictors
- They were routinely collected at the booking appointment before insulin titration
- This provided standardized baselines for all participants