Sexual orientation disparities in gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual minority (SM) individuals (e.g., those with same-sex attractions/partners or who identify as lesbian/gay/bisexual) experience a host of physical and mental health disparities. However, little is known about sexual orientation-related disparities in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP; gestational hypertension [gHTN] and preeclampsia).

Objective

To estimate disparities in GDM, gHTN and preeclampsia by sexual orientation.

Methods

We used data from the Nurses' Health Study II-a cohort of nurses across the US enrolled in 1989 at 25-42 years of age-restricted to those with pregnancies ≥20 weeks gestation and non-missing sexual orientation data (63,518 participants; 146,079 pregnancies). Our primary outcomes wer

SUBMITTER: Chakraborty P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11427163 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature