Role of Nutritional Habits during Pregnancy in the Developing of Gestational Diabetes: A Single-Center Observational Clinical Study.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background and Objective: Excessive gestational weight gain is associated with serious complications such as pre-eclampsia, fetal macrosomia and a more frequent need for cesarean section. The aim of this study is to develop a simple screening model that includes maternal age, BMI and nutritive habits in the second trimester in order to predict the risk of GDM in the population of pregnant women in the territory of the Republic of Serbia. (2) Materials and Methods: This single-center, prospective and case-control study was performed in the University Clinical Center "Dr. Dragisa Misovic Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia and included 54 women with singleton pregnancies during the second trimester from July 2023 to November 2023. We used basic demographic and socio-epidemiological

SUBMITTER: Trifunovic-Kubat J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10890587 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature