Gestational diabetes & diabetes in pregnancy

First-trimester continuous glucose monitoring parameters in preeclamptic and normotensive patients with type 1 diabetes

Diabetes Res Clin PractPublished Retrospective cohort study

Authors' conclusion

Elevated first-trimester mean glucose and glucose variability could be linked with preeclampsia in T1D, in our study. Findings support CGM to refine risk models and strategies addressing early glycemic imbalances in T1D pregnancies.

Study context

Population
Women with pregestational T1D on sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy, initiating continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) by 13 weeks/6 days, tertiary center in Poland, 2019–2023
Participants
70 women
Exposure
Preeclampsia vs no preeclampsia
  • PEn = 13
Outcome
Whether first-trimester CGM-derived metrics predict development of preeclampsia
Follow-up
First trimester
Methodological detailssingle-centre
  • Single-centre

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

First-trimester CGM metrics

Preeclampsia incidence

13

18.6 %

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Baseline HbA1c

Baseline HbA1c was similar

Glycemic control in later trimesters

Good glycemic control in both groups

Original publication

First-trimester continuous glucose monitoring parameters in preeclamptic and normotensive patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 15 October 2025. doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112944

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