Gestational diabetes-Predictors of response to treatment and obstetric outcome.

Objective: Evaluate patient characteristics that are predictors of treatment response and outcomes in gestational diabetes STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort of 265 women with gestational diabetes treated with diet/metformin and/or insulin in a single centre over 2 years.

Results: Multinomial logistic regression showed that (after adjusting for age and ethnicity) women who were of normal weight were more likely to be on diet and women who were obese were more likely to be on metformin or metformin and insulin(p=0.014).