The association between weight gain at different stages of pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

Women with excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) are at a higher risk for complications during pregnancy, such as preeclampsia. However, the association between excessive GWG and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remains unclear.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively reviewed 8,352 women from our obstetric database with singleton pregnancies who gave birth after 28 completed weeks of gestation between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2016, excluding pregnancies complicated by fetal anomalies, fetal death, and overt diabetes. Diagnosis of GDM was based on the criteria recommended by the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups. We used two classification methods to define excessive GWG: a weight gain above the 90th percentile

SUBMITTER: Chuang YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8847131 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature