ABO blood groups are not associated to gestational diabetes mellitus in Mexican women.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Some studies show an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus for ABO blood groups. Others find a lower risk or do not identify any association. Inconsistencies may be due to the heterogeneity in the control for confounding variables. We determined the association between ABO blood groups and gestational diabetes mellitus in Mexican women, controlling for gravidity and age, pre-pregnancy body mass index, fasting glucose at the first trimester, and first-degree relative with diabetes.

Methods

This case-control study was conducted from February 2019 to December 2021 in Monterrey, Mexico, with 185 cases (women with gestational diabetes mellitus) and 530 controls. ABO blood groups and other variables were obtained from the clinical records. A multivariate binar

SUBMITTER: Cordero-Franco HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10578575 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature