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ArticleJournal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India2025

Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Treated with Metformin with or Without Insulin.

Abhinav Kumar, J Muthukrishnan, Ankita Patel, Burle Chaitanya Kiran

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Article in Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Abhinav KumarArmed Forces Medical College, Pune, 411040 India.ORCID 0000-0001-6663-2586
J MuthukrishnanDepartment of Internal Medicine, AFMC, Pune, India.
Ankita PatelDepartment of Microbiology, Military Hospital, Trivandrum, India.
Burle Chaitanya KiranDepartment of Medicine, INHS Kalyani, Visakhapatnam, India.

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Abstract

Background: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is linked with a multitude of adverse perinatal outcomes. There is a want for standard guidelines regarding the usage of Metformin in GDM. We aimed to study the perinatal outcomes in women diagnosed with GDM treated primarily with Metformin with or without Insulin. Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled pilot study. with a total of 75 women, divided into three groups: GDM treated with Metformin with or without Insulin (Group M), GDM on Insulin alone (Group I), and healthy pregnant women as controls (Group H), with 25 subjects in each group. At delivery, fetal and maternal outcomes were documented. Results: The mean age in groups M, I and H were 27.4, 26.2, and 27.3 years respectively. The baseline mean HOMA-IR were 3.9 and 4.1 for Group M and Group I, respectively ( Conclusion: The study revealed identical maternal and fetal outcomes in women treated with Metformin as the primary drug compared to conventional treatment with Insulin in GDM.

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Fetal OutcomesGestational Diabetes MellitusHOMA-IRInsulinMaternal outcomesMetformin

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PMID40852343
PMCPMC12367571

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