Abstract:Objective To investigate the predictive value of serum C-peptide in pregnant women with diabetes mellitus (GDM) for adverse pregnancy events and fetal growth and development.Methods The clinical data of 98 GDM patients who delivered in our hospital from December 2020 to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed, and the clinical pregnancy outcome and fetal growth of GDM patients were statistically analyzed. According to the pregnancy outcome of GDM patients, they were divided into poor outcome group and good outcome group. According to the growth and development of the fetus, they were divided into two groups: abnormal development group and normal development group. The clinical data and serum C-peptide level of the poor outcome group and the good outcome group were compared. The clinical data and serum C-peptide level of dysplasia group and normal development group were compared. Multivariate regression analysis of factors related to pregnancy outcome and fetal growth and development in GDM patients. The ROC was made and the area under the curve (AUC) was used to analyze the predictive efficacy of serum C-peptide level on adverse pregnancy events and fetal growth and development in GDM patients.Results Among 98 GDM patients, 37 had bad pregnancy outcomes, 61 had good pregnancy outcomes, 22 had abnormal fetal development, and 76 had normal fetal development. Age, pregnancy times, FPG, HbA1c, and C-peptide levels in the poor outcome group were higher than those in the good outcome group (P < 0.05). Fasting blood glucose (FPG), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and C-peptide levels in the dysplastic group were higher than those in the normal group (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that age [O^R = 2.927 (95% CI: 1.056, 8.111) ], HbA1c [O^R = 2.790 (95% CI: 1.007, 7.731) ], and C-peptide [O^R = 3.086 (95% CI: 1.114, 8.553) ] were risk factors for fetal dysplasia in GDM patients (P < 0.05). The levels of HbA1c [O^R = 2.892 (95% CI: 1.044, 8.014) ] and C-peptide [O^R = 3.267 (95% CI: 1.179, 9.056) ] were independent factors affecting the fetal growth and development of GDM patients (P < 0.05). ROC curve analysis showed that the critical value, sensitivity, specificity, and AUC of serum C-peptide for predicting adverse pregnancy events in GDM patients were 423.25 pmol/L, 81.08% (95% CI: 0.643, 0.914), 75.41% (95% CI: 0.624, 0.852), and 0.741 (95% CI: 0.620, 0.947), respectively. The critical value, sensitivity, specificity, and AUC of serum C-peptide in predicting fetal growth and development in GDM patients were 411.63 pmol/L, 77.27% (95% CI: 0.542, 0.913), 71.05% (95% CI: 0.594, 0.806) and 0.722 (95% CI: 0.623, 0.808), respectively.Conclusion The serum C-peptide level has a high predictive effect on adverse pregnancy events and fetal growth and development in GDM patients, and can be used as an important reference index for clinical evaluation of pregnancy outcome and fetal growth and development in such patients.