Outcome of Pregnancy Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and Preterm Birth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gestational diabetes is associated with adverse outcomes such as preterm birth (<37 weeks). However, there is no international consensus on screening criteria or diagnostic levels for gestational diabetes, and it is unknown whether body mass index (BMI) or obesity modifies the relation between glucose level and preterm birth.

Methods

We studied a pregnancy cohort restricted to two Danish regions from the linked Danish Medical Birth Register to study associations between glucose measurements from the 2-hour postload 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (one-step approach) and preterm birth from 2004 to 2018. In Denmark, gestational diabetes screening is a targeted strategy for mothers with identified risk factors. We used Poisson regression to estimate rate ratios (RR)

SUBMITTER: Liang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11305920 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature