Optimizing gestational diabetes diagnostic criteria to predict adverse perinatal outcomes in the United Arab Emirates: The Mutaba'ah Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects 25% of pregnancies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and there is a need for evidence-based diagnostic criteria. This study aimed to determine the optimal diagnostic criteria for GDM in the Emirati population based on predicting adverse perinatal outcomes.

Methods

A total of 2,449 eligible pregnancies from "The Mutaba'ah Study" birth cohort were screened using OGTT between 24 and 32 weeks from May 2017 to March 2021. We compared the prediction of adverse perinatal outcomes [Large for Gestational Age (LGA) and Composite Outcome] risk by four GDM diagnostic criteria (IADPSG, NICE2015, WHO1999, and ADIPS1998) using adjusted regression models. We then developed a new GDM diagnostic threshold for this population (using an aO

SUBMITTER: Bashir MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12549306 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature