TY - JOUR T1 - Should metformin be preferred over insulin therapy in the management of gestational diabetes (GDM)? JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - e60 LP - e60 DO - 10.1136/eb-2013-101329 VL - 18 IS - 6 AU - Shannon D Sullivan Y1 - 2013/12/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/18/6/e60.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Barrett HL, Gatford KL, Houda CM, et al. Maternal and neonatal circulating markers of metabolic and cardiovascular risk in the Metformin in Gestational Diabetes (MIG) trial: Responses to maternal metformin versus insulin treatment. Diabetes Care 2013;36:529–36.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text In this ancillary study of the Metformin in Gestational Diabetes (MiG) Trial, a prospective, randomised, multicentre trial in New Zealand and Australia, the investigators compare several circulating markers of metabolic risk in women with gestational diabetes (GDM) and in the cord blood of their offspring, to determine the differences between those treated with metformin or insulin during pregnancy. In 236 metformin-treated and 242 insulin-treated women, fasting glucose, lipids, triglycerides (TGs), high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein and C reactive protein (CRP) were measured at randomisation (20–33 weeks’ gestation), at 36 weeks and at 6–8 weeks postpartum, as well as in cord blood. Treatment-group differences … ER -