Effect of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus History on Future Pregnancy Behaviors: The Mutaba'ah Study.

ABSTRACT: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in any pregnancy and recurrence rates are high in future pregnancies. This study aims to investigate the effect of self-reported history of previous GDM on behaviors in a future pregnancy. This is an interim cross-sectional analysis of the pregnant women who participated in the Mutaba'ah Study between May 2017 and March 2020 in the United Arab Emirates. Participants completed a baseline self-administered questionnaire on sociodemographic and pregnancy-related information about the current pregnancy and previous pregnancies. Regression models assessed the relationships between self-reported history of GDM and pre-pregnancy and pregnancy behaviors in the current pregnancy. Out of 5738 pregnant parous women i

SUBMITTER: Ali N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7796159 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature