Pre-pregnancy body surface area and risk for gestational diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To evaluate the effect of the pre-pregnancy body surface area (BSA) on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Methods

The study population consisted of all primiparous women with singleton pregnancies (n = 328,892) without previously diagnosed diabetes or chronic hypertension in Finland between 2006 and 2019. The information on GDM, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) results, and maternal backgrounds was derived from the Finnish Medical Birth Register. The pre-pregnancy BSA was calculated by using the Mosteller formula. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between BSA and GDM/ OGTT separately by the body mass index groups.

Results

A lower BSA predicted an increased risk for GDM and pathological OGTT among the underweight (b =

SUBMITTER: Holopainen LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10033622 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature