An analysis of the interrelationship between maternal age, body mass index and racial origin in the development of gestational diabetes mellitus

Please cite this paper as: Makgoba M, Savvidou M, Steer P. An analysis of the interrelationship between maternal age, body mass index and racial origin in the development of gestational diabetes mellitus. BJOG 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1471‐0528.2011.03156.x. Objective  To examine the individual associat...

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Published in:BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2012-02, Vol.119 (3), p.276-282
Main Authors: Makgoba, M, Savvidou, MD, Steer, PJ
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Continental Ancestry Group
Age
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Diabetes
Diabetes, Gestational - ethnology
Diabetes, Gestational - etiology
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
gestational diabetes mellitus
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
interrelationship
Logistic Models
London - epidemiology
Maternal Age
maternal racial origin
Medical sciences
Odds Ratio
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Race
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:Please cite this paper as: Makgoba M, Savvidou M, Steer P. An analysis of the interrelationship between maternal age, body mass index and racial origin in the development of gestational diabetes mellitus. BJOG 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1471‐0528.2011.03156.x. Objective  To examine the individual association between advancing maternal age, body mass index (BMI) and racial origin with the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the interaction between these factors. Design  Retrospective study. Setting  Fifteen maternity units in northwest London between 1988 and 2000. Population  The study included 1688 women who developed GDM and 172 632 who did not. All women were nulliparous. BMI was calculated at first antenatal visit and maternal age and racial origin (White European, Black African, Black Caribbean or South Asian) were self‐reported. Methods  Binary logistic regression analysis. Main outcome measures  Development of GDM within each racial group. Results  There was a strong positive association between advancing maternal age and increasing BMI, individually, and the development of GDM (P 
ISSN:1470-0328
1471-0528
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03156.x