St Vincent’s Declaration 10 years on: outcomes of diabetic pregnancies

Abstract

In an unselected population, the infants of women with pregestational Type 1 diabetes mellitus have 6.4 times the reported risk of a congenital malformation and 5.1 times the reported risk of perinatal mortality than infants in the general population. Further improvements in the management of diabetes and pregnancy in these women are needed if the St Vincent's Declaration target is to be met.