Comparing the course and delivery outcomes of Japanese twin pregnancies with and without gestational diabetes mellitus: a single-center retrospective analysis

Characteristics of the oral glucose tolerance test in women with different pre-pregnancy body mass index and the effect of gestational diabetes mellitus on twin pregnancy outcomes

“…Domestic and foreign studies have shown that GDM is not associated with adverse perinatal outcomes (such as preterm birth, “babies large for gestational age” and neonatal respiratory distress) in women with twin pregnancies after standardized management of GDM. 35 36 Moreover, compared with the effect on singleton pregnancy outcomes, the effect of GDM on twin pregnancy outcomes was somewhat weakened. 37 GDM appears to have a protective effect on the occurrence of SGA neonates in twin pregnancies.…”