Risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in relation to maternal dietary calcium intake.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study sought to examine the association between dietary Ca intake and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Design

We assessed periconceptional (i.e. before conception and early pregnancy) Ca intake and consumption of foods rich in Ca using an FFQ among 3414 participants in a prospective cohort study. Diagnoses of GDM were abstracted from medical records. We used multivariable generalized linear regression models to derive estimates of relative risk (RR) for GDM and 95 % confidence intervals.

Setting

A prospective cohort of women in Seattle and Tacoma, WA, USA.

Subjects

Women (n 3414).

Results

A total of 169 GDM incident cases were identified in the cohort (4·96 %). Higher dietary Ca intake was inversely, although not statist

SUBMITTER: Osorio-Yanez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5645148 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature