Higher risk of heart defects in babies of mothers with type 1 diabetes
[PRESS RELEASE 2018-07-05] Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes run a higher risk of having babies with heart defects, especially women with high blood glucose levels during early pregnancy, a study from Karolinska Institutet and the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden published in The BMJ shows.It has long been known that patients with type 1 diabetes are at increased risk of complications. A new study now shows that pregnant women with type 1 diabetes are at a higher risk of having babies with heart defects. “This confirms previous findings that there is a higher risk of birth defects,