Association of COVID-19 Lockdown With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 is still affecting our life, but the effects of lockdown measures on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women remain unclear.

Aim

To investigate the association between COVID-19 lockdown and GDM.

Subjects and methods

Medical records of 140844 pregnant women during 2015-2020 were extracted from 5 hospitals in Guangdong Province, China. Pregnant women who underwent the COVID-19 Level I lockdown (1/23 - 2/24/2020) during pregnancy were defined as the exposed group (N=20472) and pregnant women who underwent the same calendar months during 2015-2019 (1/23 - 2/24) were defined as the unexposed group (N=120372). Subgroup analyses were used to explore the potential susceptible exposure window of COVID-19 lockdown on GDM

SUBMITTER: He Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9005639 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature