The risks of emergency C-section, infant health conditions and postpartum complications in Taiwanese primiparous women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A propensity matched cohort study.

Objective: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a disorder that can occur during the second trimester of pregnancy. Our main objective was to perform a retrospective propensity-score matched analysis of a general population and to examine commonly occurring adverse maternal and infant outcomes in Taiwanese primiparous women with GDM.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a nationwide population-based, retrospective propensity-score matched cohort study using the claims data from the Taiwan's National Health Insurance program between 2000 and 2015.