Height and the risk of gestational diabetes: variations by race/ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Gestational diabetes is a common pregnancy complication affecting races/ethnicities disproportionally. Adult height, an indicator of both genetic and early-life factors, is inconsistently associated with gestational diabetes risk. We examined the association and whether it varies by races in a nationally representative US cohort.

Methods

Analyses were conducted among 135 861 pregnancies in the Consortium on Safe Labor, 5567 of which were diagnosed with gestational diabetes based on medical records review. Generalized estimating equations were used to estimate odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of gestational diabetes, controlling for other risk factors including body weight. Additionally, a meta-analysis of 15 761 pregnancies with gestational diabetes and 205 828 wi

SUBMITTER: Brite J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4205756 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature