Trends in percentages of gestational diabetes mellitus attributable to overweight, obesity, and morbid obesity in regional Victoria: an eight-year population-based panel study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the fastest growing type of diabetes in Australia with rates trebling over the past decades partially explained by rising obesity rates and maternal age among childbearing women. Percentage of GDM attributable to obesity has been documented, mostly focusing on metropolitan populations. In parts of regional (areas outside capital cities) and rural Australia where overweight, obesity and morbid obesity are more prevalent, intertwined with socioeconomic disadvantage and higher migrant communities, trends over time in adjusted percentages of GDM attributed to obesity are unknown.

Methods

In this population-based retrospective panel study, women, without pre-existing diabetes, delivering singletons between 2010 and 2017 in a terti

SUBMITTER: Mnatzaganian G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8809044 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature