Evaluation of weight retention four weeks after delivery as a risk factor for gestational diabetes mellitus in a subsequent pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

We aimed to assess the association between postpartum weight retention (PPWR) in the fourth week after delivery and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a subsequent pregnancy.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of the obstetric records of women who gave birth to their second singleton between 32 and 41 weeks of gestation at the National Hospital Organization Kofu National Hospital between January 2013 and September 2019. The exclusion criteria were missing data, twin pregnancy, diabetes in pregnancy, and delivery before 22 weeks in the first pregnancy. We calculated PPWR as the BMI 4 weeks after the first birth minus the BMI before the first pregnancy and grouped the subjects into the stable PPWR (gain of <1 BMI unit) and non-stable PPWR gro

SUBMITTER: Shinohara S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7117671 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature