Outcome of very-low-birth-weight (< 1,500 grams) infants born to mothers with diabetes.

Premature delivery is common in pregnancies complicated by maternal diabetes. However, the outcome of very-low-birth-weight infants (VLBWI) born to mothers with diabetes is not known. Employing a matched double-cohort design, we investigated the influence of maternal diabetes on the outcome of VLBWI born in Winnipeg from 1988 to 1994.