Obesity, gestational weight gain, and birth weight in women with gestational diabetes: the LINDA-Brasil (2014-2017) and the EBDG (1991-1995) studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate gestational weight gain and birth weight in women with gestational diabetes mellitus of two Brazilian cohorts enrolled three decades apart.

Methods

The authors compared data of 2362 women from the Lifestyle INtervention for Diabetes Prevention After Pregnancy study (LINDA-Brasil, 2014-2017) to those of 359 women from the Estudo Brasileiro de Diabetes Gestacional study (EBDG, 1991-1995). Gestational weight gain was classified by the 2009 Institute of Medicine criteria; large and small for gestational age newborns, by the Intergrowth-21^st chart. Differences in birth weight means between pregestational BMI and gestational weight gain categories were evaluated by ANOVA; the associations of gestational weight gain and birth weight

SUBMITTER: Silveira LRPD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432266 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature