Weight gain in gestational diabetes: the effect of treatment modality

To evaluate treatment effectiveness (diet alone, insulin or glyburide) on maternal weight gain in gestational diabetes (GDM).GDM patients were treated with diet alone, insulin or glyburide. Weight gain was stratified into: prior to GDM diagnosis, from diagnosis to delivery and total pregnancy weight gain. Good glycemic control was defined as mean blood glucose ≤ 105 mg/dl and obesity as Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m(2), overweight BMI 25-29...