Population-based birth cohort study on diabetes in pregnancy and infant hospitalisations in Cree, other First Nations and non-Indigenous communities in Quebec.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Diabetes in pregnancy, whether pre-gestational (chronic) or gestational (de novo hyperglycaemia), increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes. It is unclear whether gestational diabetes increases the risk of postnatal morbidity in infants. Cree First Nations in Quebec are at high risk for diabetes in pregnancy. We assessed whether pre-gestational or gestational diabetes may increase infant hospitalisation (an infant morbidity indicator) incidence, and whether this may be related to more frequent infant hospitalisations in Cree and other First Nations in Quebec.

Design

Population-based birth cohort study through administrative health data linkage.

Setting and participants

Singleton infants (≤1 year) born to mothers in Cree (n=5070), other First Nations (991

SUBMITTER: Huang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10693854 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature